...citations herein are to the March 2, 1968 advance copy. Their basic conclusion has been well publicized: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal." SUM-2. "[w]hite society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions...

...cities. Such divergent patterns led the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to conclude that 'our nation is moving toward two societies. one black. one white - separate and unequal'. Such a statement incorrectly assumed that there had once been unity and equality between the races....

...Kerner Commission), formed in response to the urban riots of 1967, endorsed massive government spending. "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal," the report announced. It called for government programs, including a guaranteed annual income, that...

...to meet basic human needs. In 1968, the Kerner Commission investigating inner-city riots concluded, "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal; we are becoming two nations: one rich and one poor; one black and one white." The commission recommended...

...Kerner Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The report's indictment that "our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal" corroborated King's and SCLC's belief that the civil rights struggle needed to focus its energies on...

...we are haunted by the disturbing words of the 1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." In many instances, efforts to improve this situation fail because blacks and whites misunderstand each...

...legislation in 1964 and 1965. On the first page of its report, it issued its famous declaration that "our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal." The Kerner Report concluded with seventy-three pages of policy recommendations. Included were a plethora...

...myths. Their data confirm the chilling reality of the Kerner Riot Commission's 1968 prediction that the "nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white ... separate and unequal." Concluding that the dream of integration was an illusory quest doomed from the outset, the authors...

...1 960s confirmed his agreement with the Kemer Commission of Civil Disorders, which concluded that: 'Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal.1 The following extract illustrates how his work gave empirical validity to this development....

...Luther King Jr. that year and the ensuing urban riots in several major cities. Its report said then: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." In addition to sociological reports, federal legislation followed these 1960s uprisings quickly, and...