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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Kerner and the "Long Hot Summer" (1967) w/ Jelani Cobb
Description: It’s July 27th. This day in 1967, LBJ convened the “Kerner Commission” to look into the roots of violence and unrest in America, largely in Black and brown communities around the country.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by The New Yorkers Jelani Cobb to discuss the convening of the Kerner commission and the report that came out the next year, which offered a frank and damning assessment of the complicity of white Americans.
Jelani Cobb is the author of an updated version, “The Essential Kerner Commission Report,” out now.
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