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The Kerner Report (Paperback)
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The Kerner Report (Paperback)
Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics
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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 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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