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... male between the ages of 15 and 24 . He was in many ways very different from the stereo- type . He was not a migrant . He was born in the state and was a lifelong resident of the city in which the riot took place . Economically his ...
... male between the ages of 15 and 24 . He was in many ways very different from the stereo- type . He was not a migrant . He was born in the state and was a lifelong resident of the city in which the riot took place . Economically his ...
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... male . Arrestees , however , were al- most all male - 89.3 percent.116 Our interviews in 20 cities indicate that the majority of rioters were male . The large difference in proportion between the Detroit survey data and the arrestee ...
... male . Arrestees , however , were al- most all male - 89.3 percent.116 Our interviews in 20 cities indicate that the majority of rioters were male . The large difference in proportion between the Detroit survey data and the arrestee ...
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... male self - re- ported counterrioters in the Detroit survey who earned less than $ 5,000 annually . In the Newark sample there were seven respondents who owned their own homes ; none of them participated in the riot . While extreme ...
... male self - re- ported counterrioters in the Detroit survey who earned less than $ 5,000 annually . In the Newark sample there were seven respondents who owned their own homes ; none of them participated in the riot . While extreme ...
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... male civilians in each occu- pation , 1965 $ 7,603 1 5,5321 6,270 Type of occupation Percentage of male workers in each type of occupation , 1966 White Nonwhite Professional , technical , and managerial . 27 Clerical and sales . 14 ...
... male civilians in each occu- pation , 1965 $ 7,603 1 5,5321 6,270 Type of occupation Percentage of male workers in each type of occupation , 1966 White Nonwhite Professional , technical , and managerial . 27 Clerical and sales . 14 ...
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... male Negro employ- ment at the lowest end of the occupational scale is greatly depressing the incomes of U.S. Negroes ... males in 1966 ( $ 3,864 ) , this would have added a total of $ 2.8 billion to nonwhite income as a whole . If only ...
... male Negro employ- ment at the lowest end of the occupational scale is greatly depressing the incomes of U.S. Negroes ... males in 1966 ( $ 3,864 ) , this would have added a total of $ 2.8 billion to nonwhite income as a whole . If only ...
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Page 95 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Page 256 - Centers to provide the full complement of welfare services should be combined into the multi-purpose neighborhood service facilities being developed by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Federal funds should be provided to help local welfare agencies decentralize their programs through these centers, which would include representatives of all welfare, social, rehabilitation and income-assistance services.
Page 273 - Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the Commission." (b) The Commission shall be composed of...
Page 274 - What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again?
Page 201 - Important segments of the media failed to report adequately on the causes and consequences of civil disorders and on the underlying problems of race relations.
Page 313 - ... (US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Special Labor Force Report No. 75, "Poverty Areas of Our Major Cities,
Page 224 - America is the third — a policy which combines ghetto enrichment with programs designed to encourage integration of substantial numbers of Negroes into the society outside the ghetto.
Page 93 - A new mood has sprung up among Negroes, particularly among the young, in which self-esteem and enhanced racial pride are replacing apathy and submission to "the system.
Page 80 - ... old-age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, and aid to families with dependent children.
Page 274 - Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.