Civil Disorder Reports
REPORT OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS
(aka The Kerner Commission Report 1968 )
Summary of Report
GOVERNOR'S SELECT COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDER, STATE OF NEW JERSEY
(aka The Lilley Commission Report 1968)
from http://blog.nj.com/ledgernewark/2007/06/report_for_action.html
Note in Chapter 17:
The #1 Recommendation For National Action is EMPLOYMENT
Excerpt from the Conclusion:
“One of the first witnesses to be invited to appear before this Commission was Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, a distinguished and perceptive scholar. Referring to the reports of earlier riot commissions, he said:
I read that report. . . of the 1919 riot in Chicago, and it is as if I were reading the report of the investigating committee on the Harlem riot of '35, the report of the investigating committee on the Harlem riot of '43, the report of the McCone Commission on the Watts riot.
I must again in candor say to you members of this Commission--it is a kind of Alice in Wonderland--with the same moving picture re-shown over and over again, the same analysis, the same recommendations, and the same inaction.”
REPORT OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS
(aka The Kerner Commission Report 1968 )
Newark Section
scan courtesy of Bongiorno Productions
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Address to the Nation
June 27, 1967
“ ... The only genuine, long-range solution
for what has happened lies in an attack
mounted at every level-upon the conditions
that breed despair and violence. All of us
know what those conditions are: ignorance,
discrimination, slums, poverty, disease,
not enough jobs. We should attack these
conditions-not because we are frightened
by conflict, but because we are fired by
conscience. We should attack them because
there is simply no other way to achieve a
decent and orderly society in America ....”
Excerpt from the Preface:
“That this report had to be written is a manifestation of a deep failing in our society, for many of the problems that it analyzes should have been solved by now. Had we, as a society, made a more timely and determined effort to solve them, the events that led to the establishment of this Commission might never have occurred.
Nor can we plead ignorance about the nature of these problems. The shelves of government offices and academic institutions are filled with studies that shed light on them and offer avenues for solutions. The question is whether we have the will to act.”
Preface
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Newark Summary
Kerner Newark Section
Kerner Summary
Due to the alarming number and violent nature of riots occurring throughout the US in the 60s, and particularly in 1967, President Johnson and New Jersey Governor Hughes, both issued comprehensive studies about why these events occurred and what can be done to improve conditions in inner cities. Note that the 1st Recommendation for National Action by President Johnson’s Civil Disorders report aka The Kerner Commission Report, is EMPLOYMENT. Here are some report excerpts to view and download.
See poverty presentation