Introduction -- Commission politics -- Research design -- The 1919 Chicago riot and the Chicago Commission -- The 1935 Harlem riot and the Harlem Commission -- The 1965 Los Angeles riot and the McCone commission -- The 1967 USA riots and the Kerner Commission -- The 1992 Los Angeles riot and the Assembly Special Committee, Senate Special Task Force, Presidential Task Force, and the Webster-Williams Commission -- The changing nature of riot commission politics in the post-Kerner commission years -- Conclusion.
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