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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
Autor Corporativo: United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Herausgebendes Organ.)
Otros Autores: Zelizer, Julian E., 1969- (Verfasser eines Vorworts.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press [2016]
Edición:2016 edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Electronic books.
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.

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