President Lyndon B. Johnson formed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, better known as the Kerner Commission, in 1967 after riots broke out in Detroit and other U.S. cities. The ...
The election is the first since the commission drew new boundaries for ... to the seat in 2023 when longtime commissioner Dave Kerner resigned to take a job in state government.
1968 was a year filled with conflict and transformation. The Kerner Commission report shattered dreams of a unified society. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were silenced by ...
A month before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, a report was released by the Kerner Commission, established by President Lyndon Johnson to examine the causes of and solutions to ...
Context clues: In 1968, the Kerner Commission report highlighted failings of the American media in covering the fight for racial equity. Gilliam, one of two Black graduates in the Columbia ...
McCormick Fellows contributed time and talent to develop one of the latest definitive videos to discuss race and media since the landmark Kerner Commission report on civil disorders in America 40 ...