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The Kerner Report /
"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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton ; Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2016]
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| Edición: | 2016 edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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.