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Unless something basic is done, the situation will reproduce itself for years to come. Take, as an example, the problems of automation. This lias caused "Structural*' unemployment throughout the American work force, i.e. Jobs have been d(-:3troyed and not Just temporarily suspended. When this happens, the blow fella disproportionately upon the Negro. As the last significant group to enter the factory, the Negroes have low seniority (if they ace lucky enough to be In union occupations) v and they are laid eff first. As one of the least skilled groups In the wcrk force, they will have tha hardest tlae getting another jcb„ The "older" Negro (that is, above forty) v/ill certainly never find another job as good, and he may well be condemned to job Instability for the rest of his life. All of this is immediate and automatic. Ic is d.nne without the intervention of a single racist; yet it is a profound part of racism in the United States. In the long run, however, automation will pose at; even larger problem. The new structure of Saerlcau industry is doing sway with semi-skilled jebs and dividing the wickers into polar groups: the highly skilled technicians, the unskilled sweepers and janitors, the low- paid workers of various Servian Industries, tha unemployed, At this particular point in time, the deficiency in skill,and education which American lias imposed upon the Negro becomes a special burden. It means, in soma cases, wiping cut the gains made by Bsml-akllled workers in mass production industries, Generally, It points toward the concentration of Negroes in even lower sectors of the economy. Much of this is "automatic", that is the consequence of an economic structure which has absorbed the consequences of racism and thereby hurts the Negro whether there is ralice or not™ H..weverf there is another aspect of the situation which does involve conscious racism. In I960, according to the report cf Herbert Hill, Labor Secretary of the National Association for the HI Htm SlBBIlt of Colored Peoplea Negroes made up only 1.69 per cent of tha total nubber of apprentices in the economy, (The exact figure offered by Hill has been disputed; the , shocking fact which he describes is agreed upon by everyone.) In short, Negroes wera being denied the possibility of changing their plight. The main cause of thi3 problem is the attitude of management, which fundamentally determines hiring policy. IHt in the case of apprenticeship programs, the labor aovemeat and the Federal and state agencies Involved also bear part of the responsibility. The exact assignment of blame has been a controversial subject recently, yet no one has really questioned the existence of a problem of tremendous magnitude and consequence.
Object Description
Title | CORE--Educational materials - Workbooks, outlines, handbooks, 1963-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 22) |
Author/Creator | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District |
Folder Description | The SCLC Citizenship workbook which opens this folder is a fascinating document in itself, full of literacy and arithmetic basics, a synopsis of black history and of freedom song lyrics, and advice about planning a voter registration campaign and a block party. "The 1964 Civil Rights Law and What It Means to You" follows. Also included are the following: the March 1964 report of a committee working on the freedom school curriculum for the Mississippi Summer Project. A 1963-1964 CORE report on books, equipment, and funds the organization had received. A document called a "Civil Rights Mosaic"--a summary of the civil rights movement in U.S. history--along with "Sources for Further Information on the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi." An analysis of police and minority groups in Boston and Philadelphia by Alan Gartner. Jane Stembridge's notes on Stokely Carmichael's Waveland workshop on Black English. A list of the books in the Canton Freedom Library. A first draft (May 1965) of a "school workshop booklet." "Freedom Primers" No. 1 and No. 3. Correspondence regarding obtaining good quality adult literacy materials. An unattributed demographic report called "Mississippi Economics: Mississippi's 'New Image.'" An MFDP document called "Political Mississippi" outlines Mississippi governmental structure, electoral procedures, and party organization. A curriculum guide to black history for elementary school teachers. Gordon Carey discusses the history and problems of Black nationalist movements in the U.S. A UNESCO report on race. Michael Harrington's "The Economics of Racism" as accurate a description of African-Americans' position in American society today as when he first wrote it. " The folder concludes with a lengthy "Guide for the Study of Negro History in the Churches" put out by a Presbyterian Church in Chicago. |
State | Mississippi; Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Georgia; Florida; Pennsylvania; Massachusetts; New York; |
Place | Hattiesburg; Canton; Meridian; Harmony; Leflore County; Waveland; Chicago; Hazard; Monroe; Baton Rouge; St. Francisville; Americus; Chattahoochie; Philadelphia; Boston; Rochester; |
Subject | Southern Christian Leadership Conference; voter registration; nonviolence; clergy; United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964; segregation; United States Commission on Civil Rights; federal aid; discrimination in employment; freedom schools; agriculture; Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; elections; boycotts; education; mass media; Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission; freedom rides; nonviolence; South Africa; whites; poverty; labor unions; music; murder; United Nations; Black Power; day care centers; police; libraries; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Tougaloo College; Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.); Freedom Vote; Democratic Party (U.S.); Democratic Party (Miss.); lawyers; Mississippi Freedom Labor Union; sharecroppers; wages; Black history; Black Muslims; religion; migration, internal; racism; housing; slavery; Ku Klux Klan; |
Personal Name | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Simpkins, C. O.; Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948; Raymond, George; Whitten, Jamie; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Moses, Robert Parris; Moses, Dona Richards; Samstein, Mendy; Morris, Jesse; Horowitz, Rochelle; Day, Noel; Day, Peg; Leigh, Sandy; Minnis, Jack; Hardy, John; Jenkins, Tim; Higgs, William; Chase, Oscar; Stembridge, Jane; Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987; Lowenstein, Allard K.; Harrington, Michael; Horton, Myles, 1905-1990; Sinclair, Hamish; Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963; Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965; Yancy, Roberta; Ali, Muhammad, 1942-; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965; Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940; Farmer, James, 1920-1999; Brown, Benjamin A.; Buckley, Mary; Hanson, Bruce; Hayden, Tom; Romilly, Constancia; Chaffee, Lois; Woodruff, Myra; Gartner, Alan; Cieciorka, Frank; Bushnell, Margaret; Carmichael, Stokely; Richardson, Judy; Hollander, Lynne; Barber, Rims; Varela, Mary; Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; King, Edwin H.; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Turnbow, Hartman; Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986; Williams, John Bell; Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006; Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998; DeVine, Annie; Roby, Harold; Miller, William; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; Johnson, Edwina Chavers; Carey, Gordon R.; Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975; Ali, Noble Drew; Fard, W. D.; Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975; Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993; Myrdal, Jan; |
Event Date | 1964-1965; |
Year | 1964-1965; |
Language | English |
Source | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 22; WIHVC239G-A |
Format | reports and surveys; correspondence; |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
Digital Format | XML |
Digital Identifier | fsCOREMS4thR2S22000 |
Type | Text; Image |
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Title | p.3 |
Page Text | Unless something basic is done, the situation will reproduce itself for years to come. Take, as an example, the problems of automation. This lias caused "Structural*' unemployment throughout the American work force, i.e. Jobs have been d(-:3troyed and not Just temporarily suspended. When this happens, the blow fella disproportionately upon the Negro. As the last significant group to enter the factory, the Negroes have low seniority (if they ace lucky enough to be In union occupations) v and they are laid eff first. As one of the least skilled groups In the wcrk force, they will have tha hardest tlae getting another jcb„ The "older" Negro (that is, above forty) v/ill certainly never find another job as good, and he may well be condemned to job Instability for the rest of his life. All of this is immediate and automatic. Ic is d.nne without the intervention of a single racist; yet it is a profound part of racism in the United States. In the long run, however, automation will pose at; even larger problem. The new structure of Saerlcau industry is doing sway with semi-skilled jebs and dividing the wickers into polar groups: the highly skilled technicians, the unskilled sweepers and janitors, the low- paid workers of various Servian Industries, tha unemployed, At this particular point in time, the deficiency in skill,and education which American lias imposed upon the Negro becomes a special burden. It means, in soma cases, wiping cut the gains made by Bsml-akllled workers in mass production industries, Generally, It points toward the concentration of Negroes in even lower sectors of the economy. Much of this is "automatic", that is the consequence of an economic structure which has absorbed the consequences of racism and thereby hurts the Negro whether there is ralice or not™ H..weverf there is another aspect of the situation which does involve conscious racism. In I960, according to the report cf Herbert Hill, Labor Secretary of the National Association for the HI Htm SlBBIlt of Colored Peoplea Negroes made up only 1.69 per cent of tha total nubber of apprentices in the economy, (The exact figure offered by Hill has been disputed; the , shocking fact which he describes is agreed upon by everyone.) In short, Negroes wera being denied the possibility of changing their plight. The main cause of thi3 problem is the attitude of management, which fundamentally determines hiring policy. IHt in the case of apprenticeship programs, the labor aovemeat and the Federal and state agencies Involved also bear part of the responsibility. The exact assignment of blame has been a controversial subject recently, yet no one has really questioned the existence of a problem of tremendous magnitude and consequence. |
Language | English |
Source | Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 22 |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2013 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
Digital Format | JPEG2000 |
Digital Identifier | Micro 793 - Reel 2 00507 |