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Author Lupo, Lindsey, 1975-

Title Flak-catchers : one hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America / Lindsey Lupo
Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 275 p.)
Contents Introduction -- Commission politics -- Research design -- The 1919 Chicago riot and the Chicago Commission -- The 1935 Harlem riot and the Harlem Commission -- The 1965 Los Angeles riot and the McCone commission -- The 1967 USA riots and the Kerner Commission -- The 1992 Los Angeles riot and the Assembly Special Committee, Senate Special Task Force, Presidential Task Force, and the Webster-Williams Commission -- The changing nature of riot commission politics in the post-Kerner commission years -- Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Governmental investigations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
Governmental investigations
Race riots
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021698043
ISBN 9780739138120
073913812X