Uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine trends in Black residential mobility from slavery to the present. Focuses particularly on evolution of urban ghettos and considers present and future public policy issues. (GC)

Data from a longitudinal study of 761 families in the process of choosing and then living in housing contradict theories which purport that individuals do not maintain conflicting attitudes or values. Many families choose housing and evince living behaviors according to criteria that sharply contrast with their expressed values. (Author/GC)