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0000017b-01f0-d19f-ab7b-19f504b80000A community conversation on civil rights and human rightsMSU's Project 60/50 is a yearlong community conversation on civil and human rights. The "60" represents 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and the "50" represents 50 years since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making major forms of discrimination unlawful.To commemorate these important landmark events, support MSU's Project 60/50 and celebrate Black History Month, WKAR has several special program offerings in February 2014.For more about the MSU project, visitinclusion.msu.edu/Project6050

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Sun., Feb. 23, 7 pm | A WKAR Original  | African-American life in Lansing from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s. First aired in 2002.

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