![]() ![]() The nation was not “moving toward” two societies it had always been one cleft society to begin with, even after the Civil War brought an end to chattel slavery, and even after Brown v. As social science, however, it fell short. As a publishing phenomenon, the Kerner report succeeded. society was improving, pushed forward by the moral rectitude of the civil rights movement. Two societies, separate and unequal: this incantation startled white liberals who were convinced that U.S. Within a few months, millions of copies would sell bearing these words on its opening pages. ![]() By Friday morning headlines etched these words into the country’s collective memory. It was in that meeting that the commission finally approved its iconic conclusion: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white-separate and unequal.” The auspicious extra day allowed staff to coordinate messaging with reporters and to deliver a copy to the Chicago facilities of Bantam Books, the publisher that promised to print 30,000 paperbacks over the weekend. ![]() We Own This City is right that policing is bad for society, but for the wrong reasons. ![]()
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