Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil DisordersReferred to as the Kerner Commission Report. |
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... called by the Congress of Racial Equality to protest the Mis- sissippi lynch murders developed into a march on a precinct police station . The crowd clashed with the police ; one person was killed , and 12 police officers and 19 ...
... called by the Congress of Racial Equality to protest the Mis- sissippi lynch murders developed into a march on a precinct police station . The crowd clashed with the police ; one person was killed , and 12 police officers and 19 ...
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... called into the area . Officers fired a num- ber of shots over the heads of the crowd . The students and spectators gradually dispersed . On the following evening , after negotiations between students and police broke down , crowds ...
... called into the area . Officers fired a num- ber of shots over the heads of the crowd . The students and spectators gradually dispersed . On the following evening , after negotiations between students and police broke down , crowds ...
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... called for reinforcements . A crowd of several hundred persons quickly gathered , and a few rocks were thrown . On the following evening , an even larger crowd as- sembled . When police attempted to disperse it by gun- fire , three ...
... called for reinforcements . A crowd of several hundred persons quickly gathered , and a few rocks were thrown . On the following evening , an even larger crowd as- sembled . When police attempted to disperse it by gun- fire , three ...
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... called The Greek Stand , behind which he found a number of youngsters fash- ioning an arsenal of bottles , bricks , and Molotov cock- tails . As in the crowds that were once more beginning II . CINCINNATI On Monday , June 12 , before ...
... called The Greek Stand , behind which he found a number of youngsters fash- ioning an arsenal of bottles , bricks , and Molotov cock- tails . As in the crowds that were once more beginning II . CINCINNATI On Monday , June 12 , before ...
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... called the Committee of 28 , talked about 2,000 job openings for young Negroes . Only 65 materialized . Almost one out of every eight Cincinnati Negroes was unemployed . Two of every five Negro families were living on or below the ...
... called the Committee of 28 , talked about 2,000 job openings for young Negroes . Only 65 materialized . Almost one out of every eight Cincinnati Negroes was unemployed . Two of every five Negro families were living on or below the ...
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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.