Word: poorest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another draw-back of the volunteer army, from the radical point of view, is that such an army will swallow up the most energetic element of the ghetto. The college-trained Negro will not be interested in the army; industry is opening up to him. The poorest Negroes will not be able to pass the physical or mental tests. It is the aspiring Negro, the man who still believes he can get more than he has, who will be attracted to the volunteer army. And is that the best place for him? Should he become part of an ingrown bureaucracy...
...increased suicide rale that goes with advancing years. Another factor is that the West Coast attracts the ambitious and restless who are inclined to react bitterly to failure. Some of the lowest suicide rates in the U.S. are in Mississippi and South Carolina, relatively static societies where even the poorest people tend to have roots and fixed status...
...federal government will have to take back some of the power it rashly signed away. It will have to establish a federal agency to lend money to those denied it because of discrimination, and it will have to institute a need clause in the loan application so that the poorest credit risks will be given priority. In the meantime President Johnson should press the new Congress to pass a bill making $30 million available to the colleges for present loan needs, easing the financial pinch until permanent changes can be made...
Dirty Hands. Bank Street was one of the first teachers colleges to accent the special problems of urban schools, and it did so by plunging into on-the-spot work in New York's poorest neighborhoods. Says a Columbia Teachers College professor: "Bank Street was willing to go down and dirty its hands in the New York City schools at a time when Columbia and New York University wouldn't be caught dead there." The Bank Street staff now advises teachers in 24 Harlem area schools under foundation contracts...
...Palmer mentioned that, if large sums are needed, "even the poorest have some financial resources" they might be willing to contribute. He talked wistfully about seeking money from the Negro middle class and accepting limited white contributions...