Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream, and it sounded pretty fucking sweet on the radio. Even a bitter post-everything anarchist ...
Recalling a debate between Kerner Commission members, former Sen. Fred Harris says the vote to approve the use of the word “racism” in a key chapter of their ultimate report was a close 6-5.
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris (D-Okla.), the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission, a panel appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967 to examine the causes of the 1960s riots ...
The creation of the NABJ came at a pivotal time, following the release of the 1968 Kerner Commission Report, which highlighted biased depictions of Black Americans in the press. The report, ...
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 ...