Two Societies: The Rioting of 1967 and the Writing of the Kerner Report
Autor Rick Loessbergen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 iun 2024
Two Societies: The Rioting of 1967 and the Writing of the Kerner Report studies the 150 riots that occurred throughout the country in 1967 and how this infamous report was written in only seven months and unanimously adopted by both Republicans and Democrats. Designed so that each chapter can serve as stand-alone account of some aspect about the report, its development, or the rioting, Two Societies also looks into why the rioting seemed to suddenly stop after Martin Luther King's assassination. It assesses to what extent progress has been made at eliminating the "two societies" that the report warned about, and it compares 1967's rioting to the disorders that occurred after George Floyd's death in 2020. Given that so many of the subjects that the Kerner Report addressed (unequal economic opportunities, controversial police incidents, a lack of understanding about the existence and impact of racism, etc.) are identical to those that we struggle with today, Two Societies will not only be of interest to those who study or participate in creating policy but also those who want to know what happened then and what is happening now.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798881801434
Pagini: 286
Ilustrații: 22 b/w photos; 10 tables;
Dimensiuni: 160 x 232 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Pagini: 286
Ilustrații: 22 b/w photos; 10 tables;
Dimensiuni: 160 x 232 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Rioting and the Commission
Chapter 2 The Findings
Chapter 3 The Recommendations
Chapter 4 The Summary
Chapter 5 The Harvest of American Racism
Chapter 6 Being Prescient and the Roots of
"Rejection and Protest"
Chapter 7 An Unexpected Challenge
Chapter 8 The Report's Legacy
Chapter 9 If We Knew Then
Chapter 10 Why Did the Rioting Stop?
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index
Chapter 1 The Rioting and the Commission
Chapter 2 The Findings
Chapter 3 The Recommendations
Chapter 4 The Summary
Chapter 5 The Harvest of American Racism
Chapter 6 Being Prescient and the Roots of
"Rejection and Protest"
Chapter 7 An Unexpected Challenge
Chapter 8 The Report's Legacy
Chapter 9 If We Knew Then
Chapter 10 Why Did the Rioting Stop?
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index
Recenzii
Rick Loessberg has written the most interesting and thorough analysis of the Kerner Commission Report and its impact that I have read. He provides background information and insights that I never knew about-and I was on the staff of the Commission.
Few government reports have been as influential as that produced by the Kerner Commission and no one knows more about the Commission than Rick Loessberg. This thoughtful book, the product of more than a decade of research, offers a fresh new perspective on the Commission and its significance. Loessberg not only sheds light on race relations in the 1960s, he helps us to understand the many challenges the nation still confronts in providing equal opportunity to all Americans.
Rick Loessberg's academically solid, well researched, and highly informative book, Two Societies, is an excellent assessment of the Kerner Commission's operations, findings, recommendations, and impact.
The 1968 Kerner Report was the most profound and prophetic policy paper ever produced in this nation. Rick Loessberg is the consummate student and translator of the same. Both the report and Two Societies make it plain that Black masses in this country are still chief among the last and the least.
Responsible and clearly written, Two Societies confronts the central, tragically enduring question of the chasm between the Kerner Report's findings, recommendations, and impacts.
In tracing the story behind one of the most controversial presidential commission reports ever written, Rick Loessberg has made a highly valuable contribution to the literature on the federal government's response to racism in the United States.
Few government reports have been as influential as that produced by the Kerner Commission and no one knows more about the Commission than Rick Loessberg. This thoughtful book, the product of more than a decade of research, offers a fresh new perspective on the Commission and its significance. Loessberg not only sheds light on race relations in the 1960s, he helps us to understand the many challenges the nation still confronts in providing equal opportunity to all Americans.
Rick Loessberg's academically solid, well researched, and highly informative book, Two Societies, is an excellent assessment of the Kerner Commission's operations, findings, recommendations, and impact.
The 1968 Kerner Report was the most profound and prophetic policy paper ever produced in this nation. Rick Loessberg is the consummate student and translator of the same. Both the report and Two Societies make it plain that Black masses in this country are still chief among the last and the least.
Responsible and clearly written, Two Societies confronts the central, tragically enduring question of the chasm between the Kerner Report's findings, recommendations, and impacts.
In tracing the story behind one of the most controversial presidential commission reports ever written, Rick Loessberg has made a highly valuable contribution to the literature on the federal government's response to racism in the United States.