what was the primary purpose of the kerner commission
Kerner Commission. Created to investigate the riots that broke out in the Watts section of Los Angeles, Chicago, Newark, and Detroit, which were all poverty-ridden and the inhabitants felt that the Civil Rights Movement was doing nothing.reated to investigate the riots that broke out in the Watts section of Los Angeles, Chicago, Newark, and Detroit, which were all poverty-ridden and the inhabitants felt that the Civil Rights Movement was doing nothing.