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How a D.C. Civil Rights Activist Fought Racism with Rodents

In the 1960s, Julius Hobson used a new tactic to fight racial inequality: rat relocation rallies.

Aired 12/12/2022 | Rating NR

Boundary Stones

How a D.C. Civil Rights Activist Fought Racism with Rodents

Special | 2m 8s

In the 1960s, Julius Hobson used a new tactic to fight racial inequality: rat relocation rallies.

Rats in Washington, D.C. have always been bad – in the 1960s, the city had as many rats as people — but one local civil rights activist Julius Hobson decided to do something about it: to protest the lack of rat patrols in Black neighborhoods, he would capture rats in Shaw and near Northeast and release them in swanky, upscale Georgetown. Alive.

Aired 12/12/2022 | Rating NR

Boundary Stones is a local public television program presented by WETA

Boundary Stones

How a D.C. Civil Rights Activist Fought Racism with Rodents

Special | 2m 8s

Rats in Washington, D.C. have always been bad – in the 1960s, the city had as many rats as people — but one local civil rights activist Julius Hobson decided to do something about it: to protest the lack of rat patrols in Black neighborhoods, he would capture rats in Shaw and near Northeast and release them in swanky, upscale Georgetown. Alive.

Aired 12/12/2022 | Rating NR

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