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The Kerner Report

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Description for The Kerner Report Paperback. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSL1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The Kerner Report is a powerful window into the roots of racism and inequality in the United States. Hailed by Martin Luther King Jr. as a physician's warning of approaching death, with a prescription for life, this historic study was produced by a presidential commission established by Lyndon Johnson, chaired by former Illinois governor Otto Kerner, and provides a riveting account of the riots that shook 1960s America. The commission pointed to the polarization of American society, white racism, economic inopportunity, and other factors, arguing that only a compassionate, massive, and sustained effort could reverse the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
The James Madison Library in American Politics
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169378
SKU
V9780691169378
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About The National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Its members included former Illinois governor Otto Kerner, New York City mayor John Lyndsay, U.S. senators Edward Brooke and Fred R. Harris, and NAACP executive director Roy Harris. Julian E. Zelizer is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at ... Read more

Reviews for The Kerner Report
First released in 1968, The Kerner Commission Report offered a blunt assessment of the United States as two nations, black and white, and generated intense debate. Recent commentators have referred to the report, particularly in light of intensifying police-community hostility and persistent racial inequality. Readable and timely, The Kerner Report is likely to find a wide audience.
Thomas J. Sugrue, ... Read more

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