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Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
By Gillon, Steven M.
- ISBN
- 9780465096084 9780465096091
- Publisher
- Basic
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Starred Review on February 15, 2018 | Social Sciences
Racism remains a deeply troubling aspect of American history and culture, and Gillon's (history, Univ. of Oklahoma; The American Paradox) excellent history of the 1967–68 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, more popularly known as the Kerner Commission, provides historical insight on today's political climate. The author, a scholar-in-residence for the History Channel, describes how the riots that took place in Los Angeles, Detroit, and Newark, NJ, in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
