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The Resource Separate and unequal : the Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism, Steven M. Gillon

Separate and unequal : the Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism, Steven M. Gillon

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Separate and unequal : the Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism
Title
Separate and unequal
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the Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism
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Steven M. Gillon
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Language
eng
Summary
"The definitive history of the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped American debates about race and inequality In Separate and Unequal, historian Steven M. Gillon offers a revelatory new history of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders--popularly known as the Kerner Commission. Convened by President Lyndon Johnson after riots in Newark and Detroit left dozens dead and thousands injured, the commission issued a report in 1968 that attributed the unrest to "white racism" and called for aggressive new programs to end discrimination and poverty. "Our nation is moving toward two societies," it warned, "one black, and one white--separate and unequal." Johnson refused to accept the Kerner Report, and as his political coalition unraveled, its proposals went nowhere. For the right, the report became a symbol of liberal excess, and for the left, one of opportunities lost. Separate and Unequal is essential for anyone seeking to understand the fraught politics of race in America"--
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10625021
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Gillon, Steven M
Dewey number
363.32/31097309046
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  • illustrations
  • plates
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index present
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non fiction
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  • United States
  • United States
  • Johnson, Lyndon B.
  • Riots
  • United States
  • Urban poor
  • African Americans
  • United States
  • Liberalism
  • United States
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
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the Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism
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Separate and unequal : the Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism, Steven M. Gillon
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"March 2018"--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-355) and index
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Contents
Introduction -- "It looks like Berlin in 1945" -- "What do they want?" -- "Let your search be free" -- "I'll take out my pocketknife and cut your peter off" -- "I think we should avoid overstatement" -- "A straitjacket of facts" -- "White racism" -- "Can you really say this in a government report?" -- "That's good and tell him I appreciate that" -- "Lindsay has taken effective control of the Commission" -- "Two societies" -- "I'd be a hypocrite" -- "The most courageous government report in the last decade" -- "The 60s and 70s seem to have left us exhausted."
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1950724
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780465096084
Lccn
2017035839
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
14672821
Other physical details
illustrations
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  • (Sirsi) i9780465096084
  • (OCoLC)993420199
Label
Separate and unequal : the Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism, Steven M. Gillon
Publication
Copyright
Note
"March 2018"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-355) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- "It looks like Berlin in 1945" -- "What do they want?" -- "Let your search be free" -- "I'll take out my pocketknife and cut your peter off" -- "I think we should avoid overstatement" -- "A straitjacket of facts" -- "White racism" -- "Can you really say this in a government report?" -- "That's good and tell him I appreciate that" -- "Lindsay has taken effective control of the Commission" -- "Two societies" -- "I'd be a hypocrite" -- "The most courageous government report in the last decade" -- "The 60s and 70s seem to have left us exhausted."
Control code
1950724
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780465096084
Lccn
2017035839
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
14672821
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780465096084
  • (OCoLC)993420199

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