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- Title
An Ounce of Prevention.
- Authors
Dustin, Daniel; McDonald, Cary; Wright, Brett; Harper, Jack; Lamke, Gene; Murphy, James
- Abstract
The recent social upheaval in the wake of George Floyd's death is reminiscent of the country's turmoil in the late 1960s. In response to that social upheaval, President Lyndon Johnson charged what came to be known as the Kerner Commission with investigating the riots' causes across 20 major American cities and recommending what could be done to prevent their reoccurrence. Among the most prominently mentioned causes of the riots was "inadequate recreation areas and facilities" in impoverished urban areas (National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1968, p. 104). In its recommendations, however, the Kerner Commission largely ignored the importance of recreation areas and facilities. Our commentary discusses why that was the case then, and why that should not be the case now.
- Subjects
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; FLOYD, George, ca. 1973-2020; RECREATION areas; METROPOLIS; CITIES &; towns; RIOTS; SOCIETAL reaction; SOCIAL injustice
- Publication
Journal of Park & Recreation Administration, 2021, Vol 39, Issue 3, p162
- ISSN
0735-1968
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18666/JPRA-2020-10675