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Peer reviewedCollins, Sharon M. – Social Problems, 1983
Examines Black occupational mobility and factors that have influenced the growth of the Black middle class since the 1960s. Argues that the Black middle class occupies a fragile market position because Black mobility depends on fluctuating government policy rather than on free market factors. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Blacks, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Middle Class
