ECON 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kerner Commission, Lyndon B. Johnson, Asian Americans
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Dr. martin luther king, jr: (cid:862)i have a dream(cid:863) speech, august 1963 march on washington for civil rights. President lyndon johnson kerner commission: shocking 1968 report, blaming racism and discrimination, poverty, and unemployment for the riots that besieged the nations central cities during 1960s. Hispanics: nearly tied with african-americans as the largest minority group, 2011 16. 7% of population, mostly mexican origin, puerto rican, cuban; central/south american, high concentrations of hispanics people, texas, california, new mexico, arizona, new york, florida. African americans: largest racial minority, 13% of population, high concentrations of african americans, district of columbia, mississippi, louisiana, georgia, maryland, south carolina. Asian americans: 5% of population, 200: 3. 8, largest group- chinese, asian-indian, filipino, vietnamese, korean, japanese, high concentrations of asian americans, hawaii, california, new jersey, new york, washington, nevada.
