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.
James Baldwin Comments on the Kerner Commission
The Kerner Commission was credited with exposing systemic racism that inspired resistance in Black communities. James Baldwin argued that it stated the obvious.