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Healing Our Divided Society: Investing in America Fifty Years after the Kerner Report: Investing in America Fifty Years after the Kerner Report Hardcover – March 1, 2018

by Fred Harris (Editor), Alan Curtis (Editor)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
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In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward “two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.” Today, America’s 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 nation’s 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. Reflecting on America’s urban climate today, this new report sets forth evidence-based policies concerning employment, education, housing, neighborhood development, and criminal justice based on what has been proven to work—and not work. 

Contributors include: Oscar Perry Abello, Elijah Anderson, Anil N.F. Aranha, Jared Bernstein, Henry G. Cisneros, Elliott Currie, Linda Darling-Hammond, Martha F. Davis, E. J. Dionne, Jr., Marian Wright Edelman, Delbert S. Elliott, Carol Emig, Jeff Faux, Ron Grzywinski, Michael P. Jeffries, Lamar K. Johnson, Celinda Lake, Marilyn Melkonian, Gary Orfield, Diane Ravitch, Laurie Robinson, Herbert C. Smitherman, Jr., Joseph Stiglitz, Dorothy Stoneman, Kevin  Washburn, Valerie Wilson, Gary Younge,  Julian E. Zelizer, and the editors

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    446 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Temple University Press
  4. Publication date
    March 1, 2018
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1439916020
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1439916025
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Fred Harris is a former U. S. Senator, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of New Mexico, and the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission. He is the author of The New Populism and co-editor of Quiet Riots: Race and Poverty in the United States: The Kerner Report Twenty Years Later.  Alan Curtis is President and CEO of The Eisenhower Foundation. He was Executive Director of President Jimmy Carter’s Urban Policy Group and is editor of American Violence and Public Policy and Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense: Restoring America's Promise at Home and Abroad. He is replicating the Quantum Opportunities model that graduates at-risk youth from high school in low-income communities.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Temple University Press; 1st edition (March 1, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 446 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1439916020
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1439916025
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.73 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Gene Betit
5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone who care about the state of the country ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018
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For anyone who care about the state of the country, this is essential reading. Little real improvement since the riots of 1968, mainly lip service and "law and order" shucking and jiving which has given us the largest prison population in the WORLD!!
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Jan M. Meng
5.0 out of 5 stars C'mon People, Read This And VOTE
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2018
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A hopeful read if we'll pay attention. Edited by Fred Harris a true progressive from way back and a national treasure for working folk, and Alan Curtis.
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Kenneth K.
5.0 out of 5 stars IMPORTANT
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2018
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Very important information.
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Margaret A OReilly
5.0 out of 5 stars Collection of essays on the currency of the Kerner Commission ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2018
Collection of essays on the currency of the Kerner Commission Report fifty years later. The findings and recommendations of the Commission pointed to systemic racism at the root of an economic divide that gave rise to an outburst of violence. These essays make clear that we have not made much progress.
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Chic Dambach
5.0 out of 5 stars No one knows these issues better than Senator Fred Harris
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2018
No one knows these issues better than Senator Fred Harris. Unfortunately, we didn't pay enough attention to him 50 years ago when the Kerner Commission report came out. It's time to pay more attention to him this time.
9 people found this helpful
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Lorece Edwards
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2018
This book is sadly amazing.
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Melting Pot Essentials
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2018
Dishonest Statistics that do nothing but blame the white man. Don't waste your time.
4 people found this helpful
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T.C.
5.0 out of 5 stars American Recent History.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2020
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