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RBANINSTETUTEURBA NSTITUTEURBANINS HOW WE GOT OUR START In 1968, the Johnson ITUTEURBAMINSTITU Administration saw the need for an independent look at EURDANINSTIFUTEUR government performance A FEW and for systematic research ANINSTITUTEURBANS on America's cities and their WORDS residents in the wake of ABOUT URBANINSTI urban unrest. A blue-ribbon commission of civic leaders set up by President Johnson that year proposed charter- ing an independent nonprofit, URBAN INSTITUTE nonpartisan research center. The Urban Institute became that center. Urban Institute 2100 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 TO FIND out MORE Visit our website at http://www.urban.org