"Walk Together Children." A Report of the Iowa State Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Housing and Education in Waterloo, Iowa [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5244599
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Iowa State Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Des Moines
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED078114
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1971
- 20 p.
- Summary:
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Equal education and open housing have become issues of an increasingly serious concern throughout the Nation. American communities are beset by the complexity of those interrelated problems that inexorably indicate inequality for minority citizens. In response to this, the Iowa State Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a closed meeting to investigate the problems of Waterloo, Iowa. It was felt that this investigation would clarify and perhaps present solutions not only for the serious situation in Waterloo, but for similar communities throughout the country. Waterloo is a medium-size conservative midwestern city with the second largest black population in Iowa. Its black population is strong, with a diversity of income, power, and ability. The advantage, however, remains with the established system which can, by the release or suppression of crucial information, frustrate the efforts of volunteer groups seeking to alleviate the status quo. Waterloo citizens reported that the city's supply of safe, sanitary housing is inadequate. This is especially true for the poor and minorities. The urban renewal figures, which indicate that more than 50 percent of Waterloo's black population lives in substandard housing, reflect this. Studies of the Waterloo schools indicate a reluctance on the part of the system to provide an adequate and equal education for the black students in the community. This failure to confront and correct an obvious problem inevitably adds to the city's racial strife. (Author/JM)
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Iowa State Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Des Moines
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- ERIC
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- 1971
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