Doubled Negro population of last decade is still handicapped by limits, both business and union imposed, on Negro upward mobility. Recommends employer, community and minority group practices to overcome inequity.
Presents a brief history of blacks in Kalamazoo; discusses housing and employment situation, then evaluates school board's action in eliminating junior high program at Lincoln School.
Survey directed by Fisk University shows restricted employment opportunities, particularly in paper and chemical manufactures and growing segregation in housing, education, use of public agencies.
Contents: -Recreation in Kalamazoo. -Unemployment and Underemployment in Kalamazoo. -Progress Report of the Housing Committee. -Police-Community Relations in Kalamazoo. - Some Racial Realities in Kalamazoo. Several Reports were seperately issued
Papers from the History Seminar v.18, Kalamazoo College. Describes some slave escapes, and underground railroad activities, citing Kalamazoo Gazette as chief information source.