Flak-catchers
Subtitle: one hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America
By: Lindsey Lupo
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780739138106; 9780739138120
Subjects: Race riots; Governmental investigations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Commission politics; title: Research design; title: The 1919 Chicago riot and the Chicago Commission; title: The 1935 Harlem riot and the Harlem Commission; title: The 1965 Los Angeles riot and the McCone commission; title: The 1967 USA riots and the Kerner Commission; title: The 1992 Los Angeles riot and the Assembly Special Committee, Senate Special Task Force, Presidential Task Force, and the Webster-Williams Commission; title: The changing nature of riot commission politics in the post-Kerner commission years; title: Conclusion.