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"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 esta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Edición:2016 edition.
Colección:James Madison library in American politics.
Temas:
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
1900-1999
Riots > United States > 20th century > Case studies.
Police brutality > United States > 20th century.
Urban poor > United States.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Brutalités policières > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Police brutality.
Race relations.
Riots.
Urban poor.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the 2016 edition / Julian E. Zelizer
  • Part 1. What happened? Profiles of disorder ; Patterns of disorder ; Organized activity
  • Part 2. Why did it happen? The basic causes ; Rejection and protest: An historical sketch ; The formation of the racial ghettos ; Unemployment, family structure, and social disorganization ; Conditions of life in the racial ghetto ; Comparing the immigrant and Negro experiences
  • Part 3. What can be done? The community response ; Police and the community ; Control of disorder ; The administration of justice under emergency conditions ; Damages: Repair and compensation ; The news media and the disorders ; The future of the cities ; Recommendations for national action
  • 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.

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