How does it feel to be a problem? The missing Kerner commission report

RSF

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 20-40

  Bentley Edwards, Keisha L ^c   Edwards, Malik Chaka ^a   Spence, Cynthia Neal ^b   Darity, William A ^c   Hamilton, Darrick ^d   Perez, Jasson ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil disorders; Kerner Commission report; National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders; Race riots; Racial and gender violence; White terror campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056899979     PISSN: 23778253     EISSN: 23778261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2018.4.6.02     Document Type: Article

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