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Author:

United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, author.

Title:

The essential Kerner Commission report / edited and introduced by Jelani Cobb, with Matthew Guariglia.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporation,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xxvi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Race riots--United States--History--20th century.
Police brutality--United States--Case studies.
Urban poor--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
United States--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Cobb, Jelani, author of introduction. author of introduction.
Guariglia, Matthew, editor.

Other Titles:

Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction / by Jelani Cobb -- The essential Kerner Commission report. What happened? ; Why did it happen? ; What can be done? ; Conclusion -- Appendix: Frequently asked questions.
Machine generated contents note: Recommendations for National Action. The following table of contents is a redacted version of the original contents page of The Kerner Commission Report -- Summary -- Preface -- ch. 17 What Happened? -- ch. 1 Profiles of Disorder -- ch. 2 Patterns of Disorder -- pt. II Why Did It Happen? -- ch. 4 The Basic Causes -- ch. 6 The Formation of the Racial Ghettos -- ch. 7 Unemployment, Family Structure and Social Disorganization -- ch. 8 Conditions of Life in the Racial Ghetto -- pt. III What Can Be Done? -- ch. 11 Police and the Community -- ch. 12 Control of Disorder -- ch. 15 The News Media and the Disorders -- ch. 17 Recommendations for National Action.

Summary:

"Recognizing that an historic study of American racism and police violence should become part of today's canon, Jelani Cobb contextualizes it for a new generation. The Kerner Commission Report, released a month before Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination, is among a handful of government reports that reads like an illuminating history book-a dramatic, often shocking, exploration of systemic racism that transcends its time. Yet Columbia University professor and New Yorker correspondent Jelani Cobb argues that this prescient report, which examined more than a dozen urban uprisings between 1964 and 1967, has been woefully neglected. In an enlightening new introduction, Cobb reveals how these uprisings were used as political fodder by Republicans and demonstrates that this condensed edition of the Report should be essential reading at a moment when protest movements are challenging us to uproot racial injustice. A detailed examination of economic inequality, race, and policing, the Report has never been more relevant, and demonstrates to devastating effect that it is possible for us to be entirely cognizant of history and still tragically repeat it"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1631498924
9781631498923

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1196174409

LCCN:

2021021164

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)