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National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Advisory_Commission_on_Civil_Disorders
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate
Object
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