James Baldwin discusses the Kerner Commission, a sweeping document from the Johnson administration which concluded that the widespread rioting of 1967 was in response to a lengthy history of discrimination and segregation that impacted Black communities. Baldwin argues that the Commission did not state any new information, and pleads for direct action against racist social structures.
1968 @50
1968 @50
For those who lived through it, 1968 was a doozy of a year. Fifty years later, historians and other thinkers are reflecting on the legacy of some of the year's most important events. Here are a few of the highlights, organized by event.
Tet Offensive [January 30]
View Connections02Orangeburg Massacre [February 8]
View Connections03Kerner Report [February 29]
View Connections14My Lai Massacre [March 16]
View Connections05MLK assassination [April 4]
View Connections06Fair Housing Act [April 11]
View Connections10Columbia protests [April 23]
View Connections03RFK Assassination [June 5]
View Connections11Summer Olympics Protest [Oct. 16]
View Connections13Presidential Election [Nov. 5]
View Connections16Democratic National Convention [Aug. 26-29]
View Connections07Apollo 8 [Dec. 24]
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