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Out a polite but firm letter to hospitals throughout the country making clear to them that if they wanted to participate in this new medicare program, if they wanted to qualify to get any money under this huge new program, ensuring every old person in america they could not discriminate on the basis of race at their facilities. now, that's not going to be a problem, right? everybody, that's not going to be a big dealing right? no issue? the letter went out in march 1966. the program was supposed to be implemented july 1st that same year. by may 1966, "the new york times" was reporting on its f...

Tension filled the air. >> what about those who said it should be burninged down before it can be a place to live. >> it's a threat. i don't know what for. >> in may 1966, the los angeles police department shot and killed an unarmed black man rushing his wife to the report. >> there is sharp conflict in the testimony surrounding the shooting. >> 26 years after the rodney king verdict and the explosive reaction, i offered personal observations. >> what we are seeing in los angeles goes well beyond fires and senseless deaths. it's a sickening reminder of how we failed to deal with black and whit...