My masters’ thesis was on the 20th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report. This commission was convened by President Lyndon B. Johnson to study the causes of the 1967 riots. Their findings had a direct impact on the early hiring of African Americans
in our nation’s newsrooms and . . . .
I hope that we, MAC, keep up with significant milestones—milestones that pertain to our raison d etre.
Two cents worth from this retired person. 😍
With Kindness,
Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D.
Kindness is a language that the mute can speak and the deaf can hear.
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." Malcom X
Hello,
Thank you all for sharing your ideas. I think this topic would make a wonderful panel. Panels have already been selected and scheduled for the 2018 AEJMC conference.
I defer to MAC Vice Head George Daniels. He is coordinating MAC's panel sessions this year.
Maybe there are some other options for sharing this information such as a website, booklet or research paper on the topic.
Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D.AEJMC MAC HeadBaylor University
American Studies Program DirectorAssociate Professor & Graduate Program DirectorDepartment of Journalism, Public Relations & New Media
2016-17 ATL Baylor University FellowOne Bear Place #97353
Waco, Texas 76798-7353
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Subject: Re: 50th Anniversary of KernerWow! Sounds like a lot of good material! So...what's the next step?
Best,
Janice
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Students at Ohio University went on a Civil Rights tour by bus over spring break; they visited historic sites, news organizations, spoke with those wrongly convicted and historians. There were classes leading up to it and following it. One student came in my office a week later and discussed how she lived in a non-diverse racial area in Ohio and that this experienced really opened her eyes. She did a daily journal and is going home over this weekend to write down all the things going through her, so she remembers. Also, international students also participated. Interesting perspectives on history and today...--
This is great to know, Victoria. Thanks for sharing with me. I am rusty at posting so think I failed to send my message to the whole list.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Victoria LaPoe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
--Students at Ohio University went on a Civil Rights tour by bus over spring break; they visited historic sites, news organizations, spoke with those wrongly convicted and historians. There were classes leading up to it and following it. One student came in my office a week later and discussed how she lived in a non-diverse racial area in Ohio and that this experienced really opened her eyes. She did a daily journal and is going home over this weekend to write down all the things going through her, so she remembers. Also, international students also participated. Interesting perspectives on history and today...
This could have value for a potential session. I recently spoke on the Kerner Commission Report to students at the University of Delaware on an invitation from Deb Gump who directs the program there.
The professors and I devised these papers for the students before my visit. They updated them to include how Black Lives Matter demonstrations are covered. I haven't seen the resultant papers but it would be interesting to talk about Kerner including what students know or don't know about it.
What was interesting to me was that since contemporary history is not taught or understood, students couldn't put the elements of discrimination and racism around this discussion into context. As an older person, I did not share their frame of reference. I used terms many had not heard before.
De facto and de jure segregation, redlining, voter suppression, poll tax, grandfather clause, Great Migration. That is a tremendous challenge in preparing communicators.
1. Research coverage of a 1960s-era riot in their hometown, within a 100-mile radius or in their state. How did the local (state or national) media cover the story? Who reported it? How was the story framed? Also, if editorials were published what position did they take?
2. Look at the basic recommendations of Kerner for media and assess how well or how poorly those recommendations have been implemented.
3. Pick two newspapers and compare and contrast coverage of Bloody Sunday, the Montgomery bus boycott or passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Collins, Janice Marie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I would love to join and also lead a panel if needed to discuss the Kerner Commission. The commission has been a part of some of my research and I think it would be nice to revisit the topic as to the questions of have things improved? We have evidence in the media and journalism that it really hasn't changed that much...we are still divided and we still report on the stereotypical....African Americans in sports, entertainment and crime. Please let me know if others are interested in this topic and a panel.
Thank you,
Janice
Janice Marie Collins, Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorInaugural Distinguished Visiting Enhancing Excellence Scholar, KU (Spr 2018)Depart of Journalism & Institute of Communication Research
Office: 227
College of Media
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
119 Gregory Hall
810 South Wright Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 300-4934 (Office)
(217) 333-9882 (Fax)
Twitter: janicemcollins, Facebook: janice collins, Facebook for Book Publication: 250 Years and Still a Slave, Book Publication: 250 Years and Still a Slave: Breaking Free with Active Centralized Empowerment (available on Amazon, Barnes, and Kindle), Blog: Theoreticalteaandcompany.com
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Professional Website: http://www.janicemcollinsphd.com
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This is the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report. Are there any proposed panels that focus on this milestone?
With Kindness,
Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D.
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