How have views on race in Chicago changed over 50 years? – Kerner Reports Article in The Chicago Reporter
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President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Kerner Commission in 1967 to investigate the causes of “race riots” that were taking place in cities across the country.
The Chicago Reporter features a perspective column co-authored by Amanda Lewis, director of UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) and professor of African American studies and sociology; and William Scarborough, an IRRPP research assistant and doctoral candidate in sociology at UIC, that examines race in Chicago 50 years following the Kerner Commission report on racial inequities in urban areas.
Modified on February 28, 2018