The Commission was formed in July 1967, its report was issued in Feb. 29, 1968. On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Lillie Fears < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > This dialogue regarding the 50th anniversary of Kerner is quite > interesting for me, considering it's also the 50th for the assassination of > Dr. King. If I remember correctly, the Commission was formed after his > assassination. > > Anyway, a potential program also might focus on the assassination too, as > it had some implications for the KC being formed. > > Lillie M. Fears, PhD P. O. Box 2733 State University, AR 72467 T: > 870.972.3210 <(870)%20972-3210>, voice/office > > > On Thursday, March 29, 2018, 11:05:57 AM CDT, Collins, Janice Marie < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Wow! Sounds like a lot of good material! So...what's the next step? > > Best, > > Janice > > Janice Marie Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor > Inaugural 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 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=810+South+Wright+Street+%0D%0A+Urbana,+Illinois+61801+%0D%0A+(217&entry=gmail&source=g> > Urbana, Illinois > <https://maps.google.com/?q=810+South+Wright+Street+%0D%0A+Urbana,+Illinois+61801+%0D%0A+(217&entry=gmail&source=g> > 61801 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=810+South+Wright+Street+%0D%0A+Urbana,+Illinois+61801+%0D%0A+(217&entry=gmail&source=g> > (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 > Academic Web location: Janice Marie Collins > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__media.illinois.edu_janice-2Dcollins&d=DwMFAw&c=qKdtBuuu6dQK9MsRUVJ2DPXW6oayO8fu4TfEHS8sGNk&r=UOZidMzJwbmtIUf-oNDZ03OzNKewGBP--iZAQ4Ln2Ts&m=9LDRyS2Fn5-tyHBANKgktykEZ33-Z2Xvix6iPNBR8tA&s=6fsQnl75YCJbBcxvcjqfWAWH7-0lqyAUaYr5hGGsMUA&e=> > Professional Website: http://www.janicemcollinsphd.com > Student Class Self Reflection http://otso.h.media.illinois.edu/?cat=670 > Student News Website on Inclusivity http://publish.illinois.edu/ > digitalillinois/ > Cross Disciplines Website De-Marginalization hearmyvoiceonline.com > > The information in this email and any attachments may be confidential and > privileged. 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OF AEJMC [ > [log in to unmask]] on behalf of Victoria LaPoe [[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:01 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: 50th Anniversary of Kerner > > 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... > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:57 AM Shockley, Linda < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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... > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:58 AM Shockley, Linda < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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. 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OF AEJMC [ > [log in to unmask]] on behalf of Anita Fleming-Rife [ > [log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2018 9:14 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* 50th Anniversary of Kerner > > This is the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report. > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D810-2BSouth-2BWright-2BStreet-2B-250D-250A-2BUrbana-2C-2BIllinois-2B-25C2-25A0-2B-2B61801-2B-250D-250A-2B-28217-26entry-3Dgmail-26source-3Dg&d=DwMFaQ&c=qKdtBuuu6dQK9MsRUVJ2DPXW6oayO8fu4TfEHS8sGNk&r=UOZidMzJwbmtIUf-oNDZ03OzNKewGBP--iZAQ4Ln2Ts&m=nFGfrQcSchUCKQPe3NvbwkYUikAgcATfDjwqCtNhRdE&s=UJCvkRMHMfJszwoIN75tYf1PsWy4HJOg6ECWonEBMoI&e=>Are > there any proposed panels that focus on this milestone? > > > > 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." 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