Description

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Regarded as one of the most important works on race in America, the Kerner Report examined the terrible rioting that occurred in 1967 and concluded that it was a reaction to decades of pervasive discrimination and to the "two societies, one Black, one white--separate and unequal" that existed in the country.

About the Author

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Rick Loessberg has previously written numerous articles on the Kerner Report and conducted an oral history interview of Kerner Commission member Fred Harris for the LBJ Presidential Library. He also has had a more than thirty-year career working for or with local, state, and federal government and administering many of the types of programs that the Kerner Report recommended.