The Kerner Report /

The Kerner Report / / National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.

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 establishe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,
MitwirkendeR:
Wilentz, Sean,
Zelizer, Julian E.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Zelizer, Julian E.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:The James Madison Library in American Politics
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Physical Description:1 online resource (544 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • General Editor's Introduction
  • Introduction to the 2016 Edition
  • Foreword
  • The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
  • Summary
  • Preface
  • Part I .What Happened?
  • Chapter 1. Profiles of Disorder
  • Chapter 2. Patterns of Disorder
  • Chapter 3. Organized Activity
  • Part II. Why Did It Happen?
  • Chapter 4. The Basic Causes
  • Chapter 5. Rejection and Protest: An Historical Sketch
  • Chapter 6. The Formation of the Racial Ghettos
  • Chapter 7. Unemployment, Family Structure, and Social Disorganization
  • Chapter 8. Conditions of Life in the Racial Ghetto
  • Chapter 9. Comparing the Immigrant and Negro Experiences
  • Part III. What Can Be Done?
  • Chapter 10. The Community Response
  • Chapter 11. Police and the Community
  • Chapter 12. Control of Disorder
  • Chapter 13. The Administration of Justice under Emergency Conditions
  • Chapter 14. Damages: Repair and Compensation
  • Chapter 15. The News Media and the Disorders
  • Chapter 16. The Future of the Cities
  • Chapter 17. Recommendations for National Action
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Remarks of the President upon Issuing an Executive Order Establishing a National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, July 29, 1967
  • Biographical Materials on Commissioners
  • Index

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