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)
Civil Rights History
“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)
“This Green and Pleasant Land” by Bryan Greene (January-March 2017 P&R Issue)
By Bryan Greene (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I was born in St Albans, Queens, in 1968, a few months after the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act would have opened up this neighborhood to my parents had they encountered resistance when they moved there the year before. Indeed, when my parents had inquired about houses for sale in … [Read more...] about “This Green and Pleasant Land” by Bryan Greene (January-March 2017 P&R Issue)
“Memphis 50 Years Since King: The Unfinished Agenda” by David H. Ciscel & Michael Honey (July-September 2016 Issue)
By David H. Ciscel & Michael Honey (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Memphis, infamous as the place where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, is a river town based in the Deep South with a long and problematic history. Nearly 60% African-American, the city remains number one in poverty and infant mortality for any U.S. city of … [Read more...] about “Memphis 50 Years Since King: The Unfinished Agenda” by David H. Ciscel & Michael Honey (July-September 2016 Issue)
