Otto Kerner Jr.
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Otto Kerner Jr. (August 15, 1908 – May 9, 1976) was an American jurist and politician. He served as the 33rd governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968 and chaired the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (the Kerner Commission). He was then appointed a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He was forced to step down from the bench after being convicted of mail fraud in 1974.
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Quotes
[edit]- Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.
- Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (1968) p. 1. See also: Separate but equal · Long hot summer of 1967
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- 1908 births
- 1976 deaths