Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. / Special introduction by Tom Wicker of The New York Times, with 32 pages of selected photographs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.

Contributor:

Wicker, Tom, writer of introducction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Bantam extra ; QZ4273.

A Bantam Extra ; QZ4273

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riots.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Riots--United States.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

Urban poor--United States.

Urban poor.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 609 pages, 53 unnumbered pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, charts ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, Bantam Books 1968.

Contents:

Part I. What Happened? Profiles of Disorder; Patterns of Disorder; Organized Activity

Part II. Why Did It Happen? The Basic Causes; Rejection and Protest: An Historical Sketch; The Formation of the Racial Ghettos; Unemployment, Family Structure, and Social Disorganization; Conditions of Life in the Racial Ghetto; Comparing the Immigrant and the Negro Experience

Part III. What Can Be Done? The Community Response; The Police and the Community; Control of Disorder; The Administration of Justice Under Emergency Conditions; Damages: Repair and Compensation; The New Media and the Disorders; The Future of the Cities; Recommendations for National Action

Part IV. Supplement and Appendices. Supplement on Control of Disorder.

Notes:

"The Complete Text"--Cover.

"A Bantam Book / published March 1968."

"Note: This is an advance copy of the Commission's Report and is subject to revision and correction in its official version to be published by the Government Printing Office."

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

223330450