The commission, convened in the aftermath of bloody inner-city riots, produced a haunting observation: America was moving toward two societies, one black, the other white, separate and unequal.
A generation ago, inner-city riots spurred the Government to huge efforts to address inequalities, with some positive effects.
There have been a number of large-scale inner-city riots in recent years.
The techniques referred to in the revised manual appear to have been developed particularly after the inner-city riots of 1981.
A decline in enrollment and the great inner-city riot of 1968 led some to suggest that Gonzaga should be closed, or moved to a more affluent area.
"The Kerner Commission on inner-city riots was appointed by Lyndon Johnson as a way of defusing the issue," the presidential historian Robert Dallek recalled.
The scenes of anti-Vietnam protests and inner-city riots bring back the rage of the streets.
Woken up by an inner-city riot.
Tumber's (1982) analysis of television news coverage of the British inner-city riots of 1981 reveals many similarities with corresponding American coverage of the 1960s.
Attention was really aroused 20 years ago during the time of the inner-city riots.