U.S. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence

U.S. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
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History
Other short titlesNational Violence Commission
Established byLyndon B. Johnson on June 10, 1968
Related Executive Order number(s)11412
Membership
ChairpersonMilton S. Eisenhower
Other committee membersA. Leon Higginbotham
Hale Boggs
Terrence Cardinal Cooke
Sen. Philip A. Hart
Eric Hoffer
Sen. Roman Hruska
Patricia Roberts Harris
Leon Jaworski
Albert Jenner
William McCulloch
Ernest McFarland
Walter Menninger
Joseph R. Sahid

The U.S. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (National Violence Commission) was formed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11412 on June 10, 1968,[1] after the April 4 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the June 5 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.[2]

  1. ^ Johnson, Lyndon B. (June 10, 1968). Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. (eds.). "Executive Order 11412—Establishing a National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence". The American Presidency Project.
  2. ^ National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (National Violence Commission) (1969). Final Report (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.