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City of Promise

Increasingly, the media and the public equate poverty with inner-city blacks. This program looks at the anger and despair of the poor and the powerless and examines attempts made in Newark, New Jersey, to reclaim the inner city through public/private partnerships.

English
  • Originally Aired January 16, 1995
  • Runtime 54 minutes
  • Network PBS
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