Description |
xii, 469 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"An Eisenhower Foundation Book." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-449) and index. |
Summary |
In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." Today, Americas communities are experiencing increasing racial tensions and inequality, working-class resentment over the unfulfilled American Dream, white supremacy violence, toxic inaction in Washington, and the decline of the nations example around the world. In Healing Our Divided Society, Fred Harris, the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission, along with Eisenhower Foundation CEO Alan Curtis, re-examine fifty years later the work still necessary towards the goals set forth in The Kerner Report. This timely volume unites the interests of minorities and white working- and middle-class Americans to propose a strategy to reduce poverty, inequality, and racial injustice. |
Subject |
United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Report.
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Report (United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders) (OCoLC)fst01356226
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Urban poor -- United States.
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Equality -- United States.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00799698
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Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Urban poor. (OCoLC)fst01162512
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Added Author |
Harris, Fred R., 1930- editor.
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Curtis, Alan, 1943- editor.
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Added Title |
Investing in America fifty years after the Kerner Report |
Other Form: |
Online version: Healing our divided society. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2018 9781439916049 (DLC) 2017054053 |
ISBN |
9781439916025 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1439916020 |
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9781439916032 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1439916039 |
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9781439916049 (E-book) |
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