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Youth are judged by their reading level to be, in actual performance, several grades below their school-assigned grade. This policy of "social promotion," increases school drop-out chances, and almost insures failure at jobs assigned because of…

Persons studied are "a group of young Negro adolescents, living in a lower social-economic area of a great industrial metropolis."

Investigates the July 1967 torture-murder of black youths, allegedly by the Detroit police.

Exploratory study of formal educational experiences of Negro youth living in a Detroit poverty area finds low-motivated students to be skeptical of early success and to maintain low aspirations after early failures.

Considers also, effectiveness of organizations aiding job-seeking youth, and these youth's attitudes toward further training.

Describes objectives of Committee, headed by Horace White, to help delinquent black youth.

Partial Contents:-Brief Industrial History of Flint. -Population of Flint. -Housing Situation in Flint, Michigan. -Census of Problem Children in the Flint Public Schools, School Year 1935-1936

Describes "Better Tomorrow for the Urban Child" Program (BTU) aimed at helping "inner-city children become more effective citizens."

Reviews and evaluates manpower development and training projects initiated 1962-1965, including Detroit's Mayor's Youth Employment Project.