A special survey of South Los Angeles (predominantly Negro) and East Los Angeles (predominantly Mexican-American) was taken by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in November, 1965, and the results were compared with 1960 census statistics. Although total population declined in both areas, further "ghettoization" took place as percentages of…

This paper presents background information on the development of the folk oral tradition of black American literature. It then examines seven types of black literature that are basically oral: black folk tales, black folk sermons, black ballads, black American spirituals, black nonreligious or secular songs, black American blues, and Afro-American…

The research for this paper was concentrated in a poor barrio in Bogota, Columbia. The Paper discussed learning in a poor urban community using the ethnographic example of a small community to illustrate the larger socio-political impact of the implication of the United States' policy and position for Colombia. The account is considered to be…

The findings of a 1973 study covering the performance of Sesame Street and The Electric Company in ghetto communities are reported briefly. The steps taken to repeat the methodology of earlier Sesame Street studies are described. Data are given on: penetration of Sesame Street among preschool children in Bedford Stuyvesant, East Harlem, Chicago,…

The central concern of this volume is to examine the interrelationships between three levels of urban social structure: (1) local public policy-makers, comprised of elected public officials, the heads of major municipal departments, and "civic notables," or persons who play important roles in urban civic life; (2) "institutional agents," or…

This book describes and interprets several key experiences among blacks according to the variables of time, age, sex, geographic location, vicissitudes in the local community and larger society, level of achievement, and social class status. Special attention is given to experiences related to selected aspects and conditions characteristic of the…

An indirect approach may best mobilize many black fathers to provide much of the emotional and positive experiences necessary for the development of their children. A program should establish a "trust working relationship" with a few fathers, have them recruit other fathers, establish father-child activities related to other than…

This report, addressed to graduate students who intend to enter into field research in inner-city settings, details some of the personnel and community relations problems and logistical and financial challenges encountered by a research team, which undertook an evaluation of early education programs, basic research on child development, and social…

This book is about perceptions, conceptions and misconceptions which go to shape our beliefs and justify our attitudes. It might be considered a dialogue--or a confrontation. This book is an outgrowth of the interchange of questions and answers. The questions have been asked by several thousand people--elementary and high school students, graduate…

Measures black segregation at four geographic levels: state, county, city, and neighborhood, from 1900 to 1990. Cross-references data from the decennial U.S. census with dissimilarity and isolation indices. Concludes that segregation patterns have consistently evolved to minimize white contact with blacks. (MJP)

This study examines race and housing prices in three separate areas in New York City and its suburbs to determine the degree to which race affects housing prices differently in different parts of the metropolitan area. Special attention is paid to the issues of different racial behavior in the different neighborhoods and lags in adjustment to…

THE REPORT OF A PANEL PROGRAM BY THE COUNCIL ON EXTENSION AT THE EIGHTY-FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES IN NOVEMBER, 1967, FEATURED URBAN AND UNIVERSITY LEADERS REPRESENTING DETROIT, MILWAUKEE, NEWARK, AND WATTS. THE FIRST ADDRESS COMPARED THE PLIGHT OF AMERICAN INNER CITY NEGRO…

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE HEARINGS OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND BEFORE THE COMMISSION'S STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE TESTIMONY OF THE GHETTO RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, TEACHERS, AND POLICE OFFICIALS IN A NUMBER OF LARGE URBAN AREAS FOCUSED ON SUCH MATTERS AS RACIAL ATTITUDES, HOUSING, HEALTH,…

A 1967 study of the Dixwell Legal Rights Association, New Haven, Connecticut, assessed the goals of the DLRA (training of legal service agency personnel and of nonprofessional neighborhood workers, legal rights education of the poor, social change) and their realization. DLRA services to clients were highly respected. Its militancy and…

This report on ghetto social structure, surveying a sample of 120 black women from Boston, is an examination of the extent to which black urbanites maintain personal ties within the ghetto area. Nine chapters listed as follows constitute the document: social organization in the black ghetto; Boston-the city and the sample, primary social ties,…