Whites have no reason to be surprised by civil rights movement (1968)
Charlton Heston, James Baldwin, Marlon Brando and Harry Belfonte join in the movement - Civil Rights March Washington DC
Editor's note: This arti... Read more...
Racism in America: The Kerner Report (1968)
In the early morning hours of July 23, 1967, police in Detroit raided an unlicensed, after-hours bar in what they assumed was just another routine... Read more...
Insight into the Kerner Report from Kerner himself (1968)
In this unique series, Otto Kerner offers a behind-the-scenes look at the 1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders report on racism in the US.
Kerner Commission: Racism confronted after months of soul-searching (1968)
Racism is very difficult for any of us to admit, even to ourselves. But gradually and inevitably we had to conclude that the basic cause of America's racial disorders is white racism.
Kerner Commission: Use of ‘overforce’ criticized (1968)
Use of 'overforce' criticized
Kerner Commission Report backstory, part 2: Kerner urges responsibility in meeting violence
By Otto Kerner, Chairman... Read more...
Kerner Commission: Prejudice – A name for racism (1968)
Prejudice - A name for racism
Kerner Commission Report backstory, part 3: Prejudice. It's in all our hearts. What can we do about it?
By Otto Kern... Read more...
Kerner Report: President’s riot commission learned from the people (1968)
Getting the facts
Kerner Commission Report backstory, part 4: President's riot commission learned from the people
By Otto Kerner, Chairman, Nation... Read more...
Kerner Commission: Racism has no simple cure (1968)
Of course, we can and must take many steps on a high-priority basis to stop America's ominous drift toward two societies, separate and unequal.
Martin Luther King Jr slain by lone Memphis assassin (1968)
Negro leader Dr King slain by lone Memphis assassin
Widespread Negro violence, including arson and shooting, broke out in several American cities a... Read more...
Aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination (1968)
The assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr triggered violence across the nation back in 1968.
Birth of the sit-in movement, 10 years on (1970)
There’s no sign proclaiming the FW Woolworth lunch counter here as the birthplace, 10 years ago today, of the sit-in movement that brought a new way of community life to the dual service and segregated South of the 1960s.
Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a dream’ speech (1963)
Martin Luther King's speech (video)
"I have a dream"
by the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference... Read more...
