Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-10-18
Northern nssro's Struggle Against ohe''oi
Second Rowan POST
Article Describes Negroes
Fight For Housing
Northern Negroes Struggle Asoina cho,to'
ny Carl Y. Rowan In October 10,
SATURDAY EVENING PO@T

N Ia October 10,
gEaIso Posi-
Negro families are Fundamentally
rooted 10 spaiai Isolation, supported
bg aggregation prActifsa In housing.
education. Industry recreation and
E8ifHraI living As long - sag
fezatiso 10 praeticsd IA tbs north
srn afban community. there ~iil
e1ufiaus 10 10 problems Of behavior
amShg those ~H0 are ssErsgst-
-
In great Northern cities, where
these problems of behavior on the
part ~ rapidly growing Negro
populations could become a tragic
brake On civic progress ! found
most city officials either denying
or ignoring the existence ~ racial
segregation
The problem Of school asEfegs
ton exists IN every Northern city
with a si1eabIs Negro population
In most cities, however minority
groups have aimed their ma lor at
tack on housing, even though they
realize mat Il h the area Of great
est resistance. and. ~ the same
time the afaa imposing The sever
est threat ~ violent conflict The
Negro is making the transition
from aharocfopper 10 city duellsr.
he has "a foot inside the door of
industry he has won the fight
against segregation TIA the armed
forces. but when Il comes 10 buy
ing shelter IN lRhb0rh9od u
his choice. the Negro has made
~oofttily little progress
tn Loa Angeles, Detroit and
even Ia cities hks Minneapolis
which arr getting only the over.
flow az Negroes pouring into
Target nitias housing h this He.
Etoa most critical need Negro
leaaefa IN theae places say that
they arc concentrating on housing
beutmo the location ~ "a home
determines not only the school
that children viii attend hut their
chances of escaping the web ~
delinquency ana violence
hctruit Frightening Example
struggling desperately for band
ana fpf the financial backing nee
rHaary fnr them 10 secure shelter
outside shima pr communities
literally bursting a. the seams.
these cpiofed Americans rontatln
that they face tedious bitter
battle Detroit Il frightening sS
ample Of the tensions and bitter
neAass that can arise IL city
where thousands II newcomers
move IN 10 tind themselves hem
med To- hy customs Of residential
aggregation inside horseshoe
boulevard. tanning ont from the
water trout, Is the black halt,
which also happens 20 be the core
OF metropolitan Detroit rhia SEP
hratr litte Negro world also l.
the area Of blight and aluma. The
remains Of a city threatening 10
decay from the inside whila those
who might 10 something about tt
aro fleeing 60 the suburbs Inside
thla horaeshur boulevard are ugiy
drab schools that are by any
measure tho worst In the city
Here sou find IunbyaFds sniat
tered IN tho midst uf residential
areas occupied bv Negroes who
hava neither the know how nor
the political pull 10 secure en-
gorgrmrnt af the tan,BE ardin
angea inside the patches ~ ugly
ahsekH mnat OF them studded
with 'forrent" stigma you see
Err~ens burners tugkrJ inta thg
rutWefa 90 dark dtsma rugma
Yau aensv ths miaty amell OF
urlur yuD hear parents taIk Of
their ehildrvn being bitten bY
rats There are it least lS o00 of
these vrrtched structures IN To-.
ftnit ana three bmrths ~ tbem
are occupied by Negroes
Morse zach Wear
Eaeh year the situation yaraeua
n al hr ncw housing being bult
IN che Detroit aFsa this scar were
made available ta Negroes 4
would be- insufficient 20 mrst the,r
demands Forty thousand dwelling
mib on an average are con
stugttr3 annually Coz private sails
IN the Detroit area and fewer
than coo are available o. NeEra
famttes Between 1850 and 1885
about SIS eco new hames were
constructed IN Detroit vIbufbs
Negroes we're permitted fa par
ehs8r about taO, utoa, II these n
= Negro community
"I'etrNit Ia a woman with a.
ran raAr nECw