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The Kerner Commission was a Presidential Commission established in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The primary goal of the commission was to investigate the causes of the urban riots that took place throughout the United States during the summer of 1967. Released in 1968, the report concluded that a lack of social services, economic opportunity, police brutality, and racism among America’s Black and Latino communities were the riots’ primary causes. It called for increased government funds to be put toward social services and the development of housing programs aimed at minimizing residential segregation.
Kerner Commission Quotes in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
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The Unheard
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is the voice of the unheard.
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The Unheard
...of the country is very much the same as it was decades ago, after a Kerner Commission report publicized these social injustices. She addresses the president, stating, “THEY’RE HUNGRY IN THE BRONX...
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