National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

While many Americans in the 1970s continued to celebrate the previous decade’s political and cultural achievements, a more anxious, conservative mood grew across the nation. For some, the United States had not gone nearly far enough to promote greater social equality; for others, the nation had gone too far, unfairly trampling the rights of one group to promote the selfish needs of another.

Choose three primary sources to introduce and discuss. Responses should include a brief overview of the time period or specific topic associated with each primary source. For example, if you analyze the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, you need to provide a brief overview of the destructive riots that occurred in 1967 and introduce what type of primary source it is, what it says, and its historical significance