By Shaun Donovan (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The Kerner Commission report was a remarkable leap forward in at least three ways. First, most importantly, it represented our government stating the unvarnished truth about race relations in our country. In response to three simple questions from President Johnson—What happened? Why did it happen? What … [Read more...] about “Honoring the Promise” by Shaun Donovan (January-March 2018 P&R Issue)
Civil Rights History
“A Matter of Democratic Survival” by Sherrilyn Ifill (January-March 2018 P&R Issue)
By Sherrilyn Ifill (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) People think: everybody has a race, and so everybody knows about race. But civil rights is actually an incredibly complex discipline. To do this work, certainly to do this work as a litigator, requires that you understand history, that you understand sociology, that you understand economics, that you … [Read more...] about “A Matter of Democratic Survival” by Sherrilyn Ifill (January-March 2018 P&R Issue)
“Reflections on Kerner at 50: Introduction” by Stephen Menendian & Richard Rothstein (January-March 2018 P&R Issue)
By Stephen Menendian & Richard Rothstein (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Fifty years ago the nation confronted a historical choice, but did not act. In 1968 a special commission— established by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate why uprisings broke out in more than 100 cities the previous year—warned that America was hurtling down a destructive … [Read more...] about “Reflections on Kerner at 50: Introduction” by Stephen Menendian & Richard Rothstein (January-March 2018 P&R Issue)
“Book Review- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein” by Brian Knudsen (April-June 2017 P&R Issue)
By Brian Knudsen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) April-June 2017 Issue of Poverty & Race When Frank Stevenson came to work in Richmond, California during World War II, he found that little appetite existed for residential racial integration. The white residents of rural Milpitas, California got wind in 1953 that the Ford Motor Company plant employing … [Read more...] about “Book Review- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein” by Brian Knudsen (April-June 2017 P&R Issue)
“Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi: Film Highlights Long Threads in Civil Rights History” by William Minter & Michael Honey (January-March 2017 P&R Issue)
By William Minter & Michael Honey (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Like the episode on Mississippi of the classic film series Eyes on the Prize, the Television Academy-Award-winning Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi skillfully weaves together interviews with civil rights activists, archival film footage, and original historical research to portray the key period … [Read more...] about “Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi: Film Highlights Long Threads in Civil Rights History” by William Minter & Michael Honey (January-March 2017 P&R Issue)
