History of racial politics in America subject of six part HBO miniseries by controversial director | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

In the late 1980s, Yonkers was in chaos. After decades of using public housing to illegally segregate its minorities, the city—just north of the Bronx in New York—faced judgment from a federal court. Yet after the order to desegregate came down, Yonkers refused to let go of the past. Politicians whipped up outrage among residents, and…