Kerner Commission Report (1968)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:report
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Otto_Kerner_Jr.
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:President_Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kerner Commission Report (1968)
gptkbp:impact influenced public debate on race relations
limited implementation of recommendations
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0870781252
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Herbert_Jenkins
gptkb:Roy_Wilkins
gptkb:John_Lindsay
gptkb:Fred_Harris
gptkb:Charles_Thornton
gptkb:William_McCulloch
gptkb:Katherine_Graham
gptkb:James_Corman
gptkb:Edward_Brooke
Paul Newman (not the actor)
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Report_of_the_National_Advisory_Commission_on_Civil_Disorders
gptkbp:plotSummary United States was moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal
gptkbp:publicationYear 1968
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:U.S._Government_Printing_Office
gptkbp:purpose investigate causes of 1967 race riots in the United States
gptkbp:recommendation improved housing
creation of new jobs
end to de facto segregation
expanded aid to African American communities
increased police-community relations
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:1967_Detroit_riot
gptkb:1967_Newark_riots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Two_Societies_(1965–1968)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7