Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission Report)
Author: last_name: National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
Language: English
Year: 1968

The summer of 1967 again brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst came during a two-week period in July, first in Newark and then in Detroit. Each set off a chain reaction in neighboring communities. On July 28, 1967, the President of the United States [Lyndon B. Johnson] established this Commission and directed us to answer three basic questions:<br />
What happened?<br />
Why did it happen?<br />
What can be done to preven