Kerner Commission 
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2/14/2021
Heed the Cornerman's Cry
by Mike McQuillan
The failure to heed the warnings of the Kerner Commission in 1968 – of a society divided by racism and inequality – has led to ongoing suffering and a politics of resentment over an ethic of mutual care.
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SOURCE: NPR
6/9/2020
What A 1968 Report Tells Us About The Persistence Of Racial Inequality
The dire economic inequalities between black and white Americans documented by the Kerner Commission's report have not vanished.
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SOURCE: CNN
5/30/2020
It's Been Five Decades Since 1968, and Things are Somehow Worse
by Julian Zelizer
For those of us who study the 1960s or lived through those troubled times, it's hard to imagine things could be worse. But they are.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
3-1-18
How the Kerner Commission unmade American liberalism
by Steven M. Gillon
Instead of revitalizing the Democratic coalition, the commission's report exposed the fractures in American society.
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SOURCE: Smithsonian
3-1-18
The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened
Released 50 years ago, the infamous report found that poverty and institutional racism were driving inner-city violence.
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SOURCE: ABC News
2-27-18
50 years after Kerner Commission report inequality persists
Barriers to equality pose threats to democracy in the U.S. as the country remains segregated along racial lines and child poverty worsens, according to a new study that examines the nation 50 years after the release of the landmark 1968 Kerner Report.
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7-25-17
What Has Happened in Detroit Comprises a National Emergency
by Scott Kurashige
Fifty years ago America made a fateful choice. It’s now our turn to decide on a different path.
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5-17-15
Remember the Kerner Commission Report? Here's What You Don't Know.
by Steven M. Gillon
What made it speak to America was the last-minute work of a couple of wordsmiths.
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