LEADER 02938nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910814316403321 005 20240513193730.0 010 $a1-282-92179-7 010 $a9786612921797 010 $a0-7391-3812-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060305 035 $a(EBL)662346 035 $a(OCoLC)705539198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000436599 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12192426 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436599 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10428802 035 $a(PQKB)10296726 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC662346 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL662346 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10448686 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL292179 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060305 100 $a20101022d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFlak-catchers $eone hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America /$fLindsey Lupo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (472 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-3810-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments; 1; Introduction; 2; Commission Politics; 3; Research Design; 4; The 1919 Chicago Riot and the Chicago Commission; 5; The 1935 Harlem Riot and the Harlem Commission; 6; The 1965 Los Angeles Riot and the McCone Commission; 7; The 1967 USA Riots and the Kerner Commission; 8; The 1992 Los Angeles Riot and the Assembly Special Committee, Senate Special Task Force, Presidential Task Force, and the Webster-Williams Commission; 9; The Changing Nature of Riot Commission Politics in the Post-Kerner Commission Years; 10; Conclusion; Archive Notes; Bibliography; About the Author 330 $aFlak-Catchers explores the ways in which riot commissions-the institutional bodies appointed by an executive in the aftermath of a race riot to determine a riot timeline, investigate causes, and offer prescriptions for change-have dealt with racial violence in the United States over the last century. In studying five American riots and their commissions this book shows that riot commissions only serve to give the appearance of strong and responsive government action during uncertain times. They primarily benefit the instituting body by focusing on a restoration of law and order while undermini 606 $aGovernmental investigations$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRace riots$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aGovernmental investigations$xHistory 615 0$aRace riots$xHistory 676 $a363.32/3650973 676 $a363.3230973 700 $aLupo$b Lindsey$f1975-$01635424 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814316403321 996 $aFlak-catchers$93976192 997 $aUNINA