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The harvest of American racism : the political meaning of violence in the summer of 1967 / edited by Robert Shellow ; with a foreword by Michael C. Dawson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sears, David O., author.
- Boesel, David, author.
- Marx, Gary T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Report.
- United States.
- United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.
- Report (United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders).
- United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders--History.
- Race riots--Political aspects--United States.
- Race riots.
- Political violence--United States.
- Political violence.
- Riots.
- Inner cities.
- Governmental investigations.
- History.
- African Americans--Government policy.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Government policy--History--20th century.
- Governmental investigations--United States--History--20th century.
- Inner cities--United States--Case studies.
- Riots--United States--20th century--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 163 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Political meaning of violence in the summer of 1967
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "In the summer of 1967, in response to violent demonstrations that rocked 164 U.S. cities, the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, a.k.a. the Kerner Commission, was formed. The Commission sought reasons for the disturbances, including the role that law enforcement played. Chief among its research projects was a study of 23 American cities, headed by social psychologist Robert Shellow. An early draft of the scientists' analysis, titled "The Harvest of American Racism: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," provoked the Commission's staff in November 1967 by uncovering political causes for the unrest; the team of researchers was fired, and the controversial report remained buried at the LBJ Presidential Library until now. The first publication of the Harvest report half a century later reveals that many of the issues it describes are still with us, including how cities might more effectively and humanely react to groups and communities in protest. In addition to the complete text of the suppressed Harvest report, the book includes an introduction by Robert Shellow that provides useful historical context; personal recollections from four of the report's surviving social scientists, Robert Shellow, David Boesel, Gary T. Marx, and David O. Sears; and an appendix outlining the differences between the unpublished Harvest analysis and the well-known Kerner Commission Report that followed it. "The [Harvest of American Racism] report was rejected by Johnson administration functionaries as being far too radical-politically 'unviable'... Social science can play an extremely positive role in fighting racial and other injustice and inequality, but only if it is matched with a powerful political will to implement the findings.
- That will has never come from within an American presidential administration-that will has only been forged in black and other radical communities' movements for justice. The political power for change, as incremental as it has been, has come from within those communities. Washington responds, it does not lead." -from the Foreword by Michael C. Dawson
- Contents:
- Text of the original report of The Harvest of American Racism : The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967
- The history and development of The Harvest Report : Recollections / Robert Shellow, David Boesel, Gary T. Marx, David O. Sears
- Appendix A: Calendars of Disturbances in 1967, Showing Intensity and Duration
- Appendix B: The Commission's Report in Two Guises: The Role of Politics
- Notes:
- Description based on information from publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472124022
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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