Description: Kerner Report, Paperback by National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (COR); Zelizer, Julian E. (INT), ISBN 0691169373, ISBN-13 9780691169378, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
A landmark study of racism, inequality, and police violence that continues to hold important lessons today
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 "physicians 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 troubling reality of a racially divided, separate, and unequal society. Conservatives criticized the report as a justification of lawless violence while leftist radicals complained that Kerner didn’t go far enough. But for most Americans, this report was an eye-opening account of what was wrong in race relations.
Drawing together decades of scholarship showing the widespread and ingrained nature of racism, The Kerner Report provided an important set of arguments about what the nation needs to do to achieve racial justice, one that is familiar in today’s climate. Presented here with an introduction by historian Julian Zelizer, The Kerner Report deserves renewed attention in America’s continuing struggle to achieve true parity in race relations, income, employment, education, and other critical areas.
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Book Title: Kerner Report
Number of Pages: 544 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Kerner Report
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 1.3 in
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Social History, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 22 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.7 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Author: National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
Item Width: 7.9 in
Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
