Lessons From the Kerner Report

Editor’s note: It has been 50 years since the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, commonly known as the Kerner Report, was first released. It contained hard truths about the inequality and brutality in American society that were at the root of many urban uprisings and riots. For CityLab’s look back at 1968, visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger digs in to the history of the report and its legacy today.

Further Reading:

• Fifty Years Ago the Government Said Black Lives Matter, Boston Review
• Full Kerner Report, HathiTrust
• The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But No One Listened, Smithsonian
• 50 Years After the Kerner Report, So Little Has Changed, Nonprofit Quarterly
• The Unmet Promise of Equality, New York Times
• 50 Years After the Kerner Commission, Economic Policy Institute
• Is America Repeating the Mistakes of 1968?, The Atlantic