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Heart of the City: Detroit

From gang wars to police brutality to the sexually transmitted disease epidemic facing young women, BET News goes inside America's cities to examine the issues devastating our communities in a new one-hour documentary series, HEART OF THE CITY. .

Heart of the City: Detroit's Dropout Factory

Heart of the City: Detroit's Dropout Factories

 

In Detroit, more than 6 million American students drop out of high school, most of them Black and Latino. BET News will travel to the predominantly Black city of Detroit, where the high school dropout statistics are even more shocking: two out of every three teens drop out.

 

Premiere: Saturday, Sept. 12 @ 9:30 PM ET/ 8:30 C
Re-Air: Sunday, Sept. 13 @ 1 PM/ 12 Noon C


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