02570oam 22005894a 450 991015323270332120240501162220.097816137642061613764200(CKB)3710000000954512(MiAaPQ)EBC4744428(OCoLC)963603952(MdBmJHUP)muse53555(Au-PeEL)EBL4744428(CaPaEBR)ebr11299206(EXLCZ)99371000000095451220160524d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Riot Report and the NewsHow the Kerner Commission Changed Media Coverage of Black America /Thomas J. Hrach1st ed.Amherst :University of Massachusetts Press,[2016]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2016©[2016]1 online resource (180 pages)9781625342119 162534211X 9781625342102 1625342101 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Black is news in the white press -- News media is blamed for causing riots -- Kerner and commission members offer differing views -- Johnson gives the commission its orders -- Key decisions set direction -- News media conference gets to the heart of the matter -- Simulmatics produces a contradictory analysis -- The research intensifies -- Doing the lord's work -- A positive reaction from the news media -- "You deserve the gratitude of the nation" -- Conclusion: remembering Kerner and his report.On July 28, 1967, President Lyndon B.Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to investigate the causes of unrest in urban black communities during the 1960s.JournalismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansPress coverageRace relations and the pressUnited StatesRacism in the pressUnited StatesElectronic books. JournalismPolitical aspectsHistoryAfrican AmericansPress coverage.Race relations and the pressRacism in the press070.4/840973Hrach Thomas J.1963-1248566MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910153232703321The Riot Report and the News2893760UNINA