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Owned: A Tale of Two Americas

Season 23 Episode 8

Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.

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Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant.
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Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who led the fight for racial and labor justice.
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