From a sociological perspective, examines the transition of a lower-class, Black urban community into a partially integrated, middle-class community. Describes economic and social interactions across racial and class lines. (ML)

This book provides a portrait of city life as observed by the author in an urban area encompassing two communities--one black, low income, and very poor (with an extremely high infant mortality rate) and the other racially mixed but becoming increasingly middle-to-upper income and white. It explores the dilemma of both Blacks and Whites, the…