Category Archives: civil rights

A wake – or awake? – in Baltimore

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Bennett Minton

After riots broke out in cities across the country in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Known as the Kerner Commission after its chairman, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, it issued a 426-page … Continue reading →

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‘Disappeared’ from the African-American community

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Bennett Minton

For every 100 white women age 25 to 54 not in jail, there are 99 white men. For every 100 black women 25-54 out of jail, the equivalent number of black men is 83. That means that for this age … Continue reading →

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