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HAIZLIP, HAROLD – 1965
THE AREA TO WHICH THIS GROUP OF TEACHERS WILL BE SENT IS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS LARGE INFLUX OF POOR NEGRO FAMILIES WITH POOR CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF THIS AREA WILL REQUIRE A BROAD-SCALE, CAREFULLY ANALYZED, AND PLANNED ATTACK WITHIN AND BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EVERY SCHOOL HAS A HIDDEN OR SUBLIMINAL CURRICULUM WHICH TEACHES, IN…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Ghettos
Coles, Robert – Nat Elem Princ, 1969
Reprinted from the Fall 1968 issue of "Daedalus.
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Mothers, Black Students, Black Youth
Download full textKling, Jeffrey R.; Liebman, Jeffrey B.; Katz, Lawrence F. – 2001
To understand the impact of high poverty neighborhoods on families, researchers collected data from participants at the Boston site of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Moving To Opportunity (MTO) program, which randomly assigned housing vouchers to applicants living in high poverty public housing projects. This allowed families to…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Children, Family Life
EDWARDS, RHEABLE M.; AND OTHERS – 1961
THE NEGRO IN OUR SOCIETY FACES DISABILITIES AND DISADVANTAGES THAT APPLY WITH PARTICULAR FORCE TO HIS HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTH. IT IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE NEGROES' POSITION IN RELATION TO A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR ALL CITIZENS OF BOSTON. THE FIRST PART OF THE STUDY IS CONCERNED WITH THE HISTORICAL…
Descriptors: Black History, Black Population Trends, Church Role, Community Development
Feagin, Joe R. – 1974
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,…
Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Females, Ghettos
Jencks, Christopher, Ed.; Peterson, Paul E., Ed. – 1991
This book comprises 19 essays that attempt to tell the truth about urban poverty, social dislocation, and changes in American family life. They show that the rise in the percentage of children living in poverty is due to an increasing number of female-headed households and a decline in the earnings of young men. The following papers are included:…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
FISHER, MARGARET – 1965
DECIDING THAT THE PROBLEMS OF THE RACIAL GHETTO ARE AT THE CORE OF THE CURRENT URBAN AMERICAN CRISIS, THIS CONFERENCE EXAMINED AND EVALUATED CURRENT ACTION PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE INTEGRATED HOUSING AND EXPLORED NEW WAYS TO SPEED MINORITY GROUPS OUT OF GHETTOS INTO ALL URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS. THE CONFEREES CITED SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE…
Descriptors: Black Housing, City Government, Community Organizations, Conferences
