TIME TO LISTEN... A TIME TO ACT - VOICES FROM THE GHETTOS OF THE NATION'S CITIES

• NCJ Number: 17229
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 140 pages
• Corporate Author: US Cmssn on Civil Rights
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUMMARIZES THE TESTIMONY GIVEN AT COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS HEARINGS AND OPEN MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION'S STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES CONCERNING URBAN RACIAL PROBLEMS.

Abstract

THE TESTIMONY- GENERALLY GIVEN BY PERSONS WHO LIVE IN SLUM GHETTOS OR WHO DEAL WITH GHETTO PROBLEMS DAILY- PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO WHAT SLUM RESIDENTS THINK AND FEEL ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEY LIVE. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE STREETS AND SANITATION SERVICES, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, THE POLICE AND THE GHETTO, LIVING ON WELFARE, THE GHETTO SCHOOL, JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS, RACIAL ISOLATION AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND MILITANCY IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)