This article uses analysis of 72 syllabi to investigate portrayals of Black urban communities in undergraduate Urban and Community Sociology courses taught in colleges and universities in the United States. The authors conducted keyword analyses of the syllabi and content analyses of the assigned readings. Although professors' course descriptions…

The ghetto has been a central element in American Literature for the past 50 years and perhaps the key to the recent upsurge in Jewish-American and Afro-American literature. (DM)

The 1970s witnessed a sharp growth in ghetto poverty areas and heightened economic hardship within them. Census Bureau definitions and measures of poverty have not been brought up to date. Researchers must ensure that their findings are interpreted accurately by those in the public who use their ideas. (DM)

America is experiencing its most rapid change over, and it is necessary that this change be contained in a meaningful way. The main thrust of our recent changes has been in the direction of an erosion of belief in the American dream on the part of college students and ghetto residents. If the heart of the American experience is to be…

Identifies "mainstream,""spurious," and "genuine" as differing life-styles among Black ghetto residents and discusses their ramifications. Describes the "genuine" style as an adaptive strategy in a materialistic society, holding, however, that because the "genuine" style is mandated by oppressive…

Questions the commitment of the Democratic party to address the problems of African Americans. Examines the economic roots of the drug problem in the ghetto and emphasizes politicians' and the media's attempts to scapegoat the Black family. Suggests ways to help Black children break the social isolation of the ghetto. (FMW)

Discusses the history and problems of the Community Action Program and the War on Poverty from the 1960s-1980s, highlighting San Antonio, Texas, and the San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Organization. Suggests that the War on Poverty's historical significance was more political than economic, and it emerged as a program that Hispanic and Black San…

Considers major studies on the cause of riots and on the rise of Negro militancy in the United States as forming the foundation of an empirically based explanation of riots. (JM)

Counselors and their clients must communicate effectively. Because trained counselors do not always relate to the problems of his clients who are black and poor, this article examines the role that paraprofessionals, or indigenous counselors, can play in the ghetto. (Author)

Examines residential segregation of urban ethnic groups, identifying residential area types according to the degree of ethnic mixing and evaluating their relative importance in 18 English cities in light of research on processes and patterns involved in segregation. Results find little evidence of significant segregation of black groups but some…

Address given on the 50th Anniversary of the Boston University School of Education, May 4, 1968.

A Paper presented at the National Conference of State Employment Service Counseling Supervisors, Detroit, Michigan, April 5, 1968.

Explores the psychological and physical environments that surrounded the riots and civil disorders of the 1960's. Urban blacks experienced a widening gap between sharply rising expectations and limited capabilities. Relative deprivation" seems to help account for rioting. (Author/JW)

An analysis of the history of East Harlem reveals the manner in which successive waves of ethnic groups immigrating to this area have displaced each other without merging. (JM)

This essay provides a brief review of current literature on internal colonialism and discusses critical "zones" which need further investigation if the "internal colony" model is to be used to explain the infrastructure and superstructure of Black ghettos in the United States. (Author/EB)