Check out our bonus episode during our season break. An audience-request to explain the Kerner Commission Report. #civicsed #kernercommission
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The Kerner Commission: Still America's Roadmap to Justice
What was the Kerner Commission Report, and why is it one of the most fundamental Congressional Reports in US history? Walk back to 1968 with us in this audience-requested episode about the report that...
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May 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Check out our bonus episode during our season break. An audience-request to explain the Kerner Commission Report. #civicsed #kernercommission
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Yep. Black and other non-White Journos have known this and sounded alarms since at least the publication of the #KernerCommission Fed report on civic unrest in the late ‘60s. Sadly, other than a brief window in mid-‘70s-early ‘90s, when CorpNews tepidly recruited non-trad Journos, the industry DGAF🤷🏽♀️
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Yep. Black and other non-White Journos have known this and sounded alarms since at least the publication of the #KernerCommission Fed report on civic unrest in the late ‘60s. Sadly, other than a brief window in mid-‘70s-early ‘90s, when CorpNews tepidly recruited non-trad Journos, the industry DGAF🤷🏽♀️
….as the Internet ascended, the families Sold to Corps, and the rest is sordid contemporary history of U.S. “independent” local news org history! The Heirs cashed out and abandoned the tiny “diversity” efforts they begrudgingly initiated following the 1968 FedGov #KernerCommission Report. Fast-Fwd…🫢
a group of police officers are standing in a circle on a street at night .
ALT: a group of police officers are standing in a circle on a street at night .
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September 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
….as the Internet ascended, the families Sold to Corps, and the rest is sordid contemporary history of U.S. “independent” local news org history! The Heirs cashed out and abandoned the tiny “diversity” efforts they begrudgingly initiated following the 1968 FedGov #KernerCommission Report. Fast-Fwd…🫢
“White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.” - #KernerCommission Report
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
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#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
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July 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.” - #KernerCommission Report
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
6/6
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
6/6
March 1968, the #KernerCommission turned those assumptions upside-down, declaring white racism—not black anger—turned the key that unlocked urban American turmoil. SOURCE: Alice George for Smithsonian Magazine
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
July 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
March 1968, the #KernerCommission turned those assumptions upside-down, declaring white racism—not black anger—turned the key that unlocked urban American turmoil. SOURCE: Alice George for Smithsonian Magazine
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
Facts: The infamous report found that poverty & institutional racism were driving inner-city violence. Many Americans blamed the riots on outside agitators or young black men, who represented the largest & most visible group of rioters.
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
July 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Facts: The infamous report found that poverty & institutional racism were driving inner-city violence. Many Americans blamed the riots on outside agitators or young black men, who represented the largest & most visible group of rioters.
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OTD in #History 1967
Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
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Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
1/6
July 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
#OTD in #History 1967
Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
1/6
Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
1/6
“White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.” - #KernerCommission Report
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
6/6
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
6/6
July 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.” - #KernerCommission Report
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
6/6
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
6/6
March 1968, the #KernerCommission turned those assumptions upside-down, declaring white racism—not black anger—turned the key that unlocked urban American turmoil. SOURCE: Alice George for Smithsonian Magazine
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
July 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
March 1968, the #KernerCommission turned those assumptions upside-down, declaring white racism—not black anger—turned the key that unlocked urban American turmoil. SOURCE: Alice George for Smithsonian Magazine
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
3/6
Facts: The infamous report found that poverty & institutional racism were driving inner-city violence. Many Americans blamed the riots on outside agitators or young black men, who represented the largest & most visible group of rioters.
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
July 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Facts: The infamous report found that poverty & institutional racism were driving inner-city violence. Many Americans blamed the riots on outside agitators or young black men, who represented the largest & most visible group of rioters.
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#KernerCommission
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OTD in #History 1967
Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
1/6
Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
1/6
July 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#OTD in #History 1967
Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
1/6
Jul 28: The #KernerCommission was Founded
Context: The 11-memberPresidential Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate causes of urban riots in the U.S. during the summer of 1967 & to provide recommendations to the government.
1/6
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