RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Effects of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program on Riots and the Wealth of African Americans JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences FD Russell Sage Foundation SP 144 OP 157 DO 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.6.07 VO 4 IS 6 A1 Jamein P. Cunningham A1 Rob Gillezeau YR 2018 UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/4/6/144.abstract AB This article uses newly collected data on communities receiving Neighborhood Legal Services Programs (NLSP) grants between 1965 and 1975 to evaluate the impact of NLSPs on civil disorders and resulting changes in property values in African American communities. We employ several empirical strategies, all of which confirm the NLSP’s effectiveness in combatting civil disorders and indicate a robust, positive relationship between NLSPs and property values. We find that NLSP funding increased property values by 2 percent. These results are consistent with a substantial reduction in riot propensities due to target government funding, and further support claims by the Kerner Commission report that the NLSP mitigated the damage resulting from the civil disorders.