Surveys usual recreational activities of Kalamazoo Negro youth, and present use of Douglass Community Center; lists unfulfilled needs and recommends larger, more diversified program with additional paid staff.
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
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.
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.
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.