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Need To Know  America by the numbers

In the Ellis Island of the South, are there lessons about democracy and getting along? Details

 

Program: Need To Know

Episode: America by the numbers

How changing demographics are reshaping the political landscape of America. Clarkston, GA is a small town of 7,500 that has gone from being 90% white in the 1980s to less than 14% white today. In the shadow of Stone Mountain, once a gathering place for Ku Klux Klan cross burnings, today it is home to thousands of refugees from Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq and Bhutan and some 40 other countries.

Duration: (24:58)
Premiere Date: 09/21/2012
Episode Expires: Thu 21 Sep 2017
TV Rating: NR


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