Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil DisordersReferred to as the Kerner Commission Report. |
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... activities in the stations ; a Police Cadet program ; and others . Many of the programs initially had been received enthusiastically , but - as was the case with the " open house " -interest had fallen off . In general , the pro- grams ...
... activities in the stations ; a Police Cadet program ; and others . Many of the programs initially had been received enthusiastically , but - as was the case with the " open house " -interest had fallen off . In general , the pro- grams ...
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... Activities About 17 percent of the prior incidents involved activities by whites intended to discredit or intimidate Negroes or violence by whites against Negroes.40 These included some 15 cross - burnings in Bridgeton , the harrassment ...
... Activities About 17 percent of the prior incidents involved activities by whites intended to discredit or intimidate Negroes or violence by whites against Negroes.40 These included some 15 cross - burnings in Bridgeton , the harrassment ...
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... activities associated with Negro rights.140 At the most basic level of political participation , they were more likely than the noninvolved to talk frequently about Negro rights . In the Newark survey , 53.8 per- cent of the self ...
... activities associated with Negro rights.140 At the most basic level of political participation , they were more likely than the noninvolved to talk frequently about Negro rights . In the Newark survey , 53.8 per- cent of the self ...
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... Activities in the city of several leading spokesmen for white supremacy - Ger- ald L. K. Smith , Frank J. Norris and Father Charles Coughlin - inflamed many white southerners who had migrated to Detroit during the war . On Sunday , June ...
... Activities in the city of several leading spokesmen for white supremacy - Ger- ald L. K. Smith , Frank J. Norris and Father Charles Coughlin - inflamed many white southerners who had migrated to Detroit during the war . On Sunday , June ...
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... activities in Southern cities . Nonviolent direct action attained popularity not only because of the effectiveness of King's leadership , but because the older techniques of legal and legisla- tive action had had limited success ...
... activities in Southern cities . Nonviolent direct action attained popularity not only because of the effectiveness of King's leadership , but because the older techniques of legal and legisla- tive action had had limited success ...
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Page 95 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Page 256 - Centers to provide the full complement of welfare services should be combined into the multi-purpose neighborhood service facilities being developed by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Federal funds should be provided to help local welfare agencies decentralize their programs through these centers, which would include representatives of all welfare, social, rehabilitation and income-assistance services.
Page 273 - Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the Commission." (b) The Commission shall be composed of...
Page 274 - What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again?
Page 201 - Important segments of the media failed to report adequately on the causes and consequences of civil disorders and on the underlying problems of race relations.
Page 313 - ... (US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Special Labor Force Report No. 75, "Poverty Areas of Our Major Cities,
Page 224 - America is the third — a policy which combines ghetto enrichment with programs designed to encourage integration of substantial numbers of Negroes into the society outside the ghetto.
Page 93 - A new mood has sprung up among Negroes, particularly among the young, in which self-esteem and enhanced racial pride are replacing apathy and submission to "the system.
Page 80 - ... old-age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and aid to families with dependent children.
Page 274 - Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.