Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

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Anna Deavere Smith

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Kerner Commission Term Analysis

The Kerner Commission was a Presidential Commission established in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The primary goal of the commission was to investigate the causes of the urban riots that took place throughout the United States during the summer of 1967. Released in 1968, the report concluded that a lack of social services, economic opportunity, police brutality, and racism among America’s Black and Latino communities were the riots’ primary causes. It called for increased government funds to be put toward social services and the development of housing programs aimed at minimizing residential segregation.

Kerner Commission Quotes in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

The Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 quotes below are all either spoken by Kerner Commission or refer to Kerner Commission. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Police Brutality, Corruption, and Systemic Racism  Theme Icon
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The Unheard Quotes

riot
is the voice of the unheard.

Related Characters: Maxine Waters (speaker), Rodney King
Related Symbols: Violence
Page Number: 162
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Kerner Commission Term Timeline in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

The timeline below shows where the term Kerner Commission appears in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Unheard
Police Brutality, Corruption, and Systemic Racism  Theme Icon
Healing, Progress, and Collective Consciousness  Theme Icon
Justice, Perspective, and Ambiguity  Theme Icon
Individuals vs. Institutions Theme Icon
Action vs. Symbolic Gesture  Theme Icon
...of the country is very much the same as it was decades ago, after a Kerner Commission report publicized these social injustices. She addresses the president, stating, “THEY’RE HUNGRY IN THE BRONX... (full context)