Year: 1970
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The Hypotheses 1?The Sample 18Methodology and the Sources of Data 20 III. FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS 2^^ l) Life, liberty and security of persons; 2) equal treatment before the lav;; 3) opportunity to take part in the government, directly or through representatives who are elected by equal suffrage; 4) opportunity to work, equal pay for equal vjork, and an adequate standard of living; 5) freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, and 6) participation in the cultural life of the country.VJhites and Negroes in the United States differ significantly in the expression of these rights.This review of the literature will illustrate, through a statistical coverage, the extent of white-Negro differences in major areas.Education is one such area.Although the Supreme Court declared segregation of the schools illegal in 1954, it is still persistent today.This is especially evident in the southern states where "98.6 per cent of the Negro students, in I960, were in Negro schools."Housing segregation predominates in the United States.The practice of assigning students to neighborhood schools, though a valid concept, is nevertheless detrimental to Negro students, in that it facilitates segregation of the schools.Negro schools yield many inequalities for
Author: William B. Patterson
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2606735533