Chicago Sun-Times Reviews Great Cities Institute’s 50th Anniversary Kerner Commision Report Events
LaDonna Harris shares a laugh with her husband, Sen. Fred Harris, of Oklahoma, on Aug. 29, 1968. | Sun-Times Print Collection
The UIC Great Cities Institute's March 1 event commemorating the release of the 1968 Kerner Commission Report on urban cities is previewed in the Chicago Sun-Times. Fred Harris, a former senator from Oklahoma and original member of the commission, serves as the keynote speaker and is interviewed by columnist Mary Mitchell. The column is available at https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/2/19/18390806/last-surviving-member-of-famed-kerner-commission-coming-to-town. For information about the institute's event series (Feb. 26- March 2) in commemoration of the Kerner report's 50th anniversary, visit http://bit.ly/2BsUIre.
Modified on June 30, 2023