Fifteen Eightyfour

Of Kerner, King and the Great Uprising: Fifty Years Later

How should we respond to the golden anniversaries of the publication of the Kerner Commission's Report (March 1968) and the greatest wave of racial unrest in American history, which followed Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination? Will we allow these anniversaries to pass largely unnoticed, preferring to commemorate more triumphant moments? Or will we recognize the urgency of reflecting on this mass wave of revolts and the Commission's and King's understanding of them?

For a discussion of this question, see Peter B. Levy's 1584 Blog post at:

http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2018/01/of-kerner-king-and-the-great-uprising-fifty-years-later/