National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:parliamentary_committee
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kerner_Commission
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Otto_Kerner_Jr.
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1968
gptkbp:establishedBy gptkb:President_Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:establishedIn 1967
gptkbp:focus racial inequality
police-community relations
urban riots
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
gptkbp:legacy influenced civil rights policy debate
Kerner Report cited in academic and policy discussions
gptkbp:member gptkb:Herbert_Jenkins
gptkb:Roy_Wilkins
gptkb:John_V._Lindsay
gptkb:William_M._McCulloch
gptkb:Charles_B._Thornton
gptkb:I.W._Abel
gptkb:James_Corman
gptkb:Katherine_Graham_Peden
gptkb:Edward_Brooke
gptkb:Otto_Kerner_Jr.
gptkb:Fred_R._Harris
gptkbp:notableFinds America is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 11
gptkbp:purpose investigate causes of 1967 race riots
provide recommendations for the future
gptkbp:recommendation improve housing
end de facto segregation
increase social services
reform police practices
expand economic opportunities for African Americans
gptkbp:releaseDate 1968
gptkbp:title gptkb:Kerner_Report
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kerner_Commission
gptkb:Kerner_Commission_Report
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7