Black Riots and the Kerner Commission Report
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Who:
Lyndon B Johnson, Otto Kerner (Governor of IL)
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What:
Inner city riots from black anger caused LBJ to appoint a commission to study cases of the riots. The report blamed white racism for the poverty gap.
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Where:
Newark, NJ and Detroit, MI
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When:
March 1, 1968
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Significance:
* Told the public that a civil war was coming between 2 separate sides that are unequal
* LBJ was discouraged and unhappy with no recognition of wanting to do something here
* LBJ was discouraged and unhappy with no recognition of wanting to do something here
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