Growth of Black Suburbs

Growth of Black Suburbs

Philip L. Clay, in Urban Affairs (June Black SU~U?/~S 1979), 275 South Beverly Dr., Beverly
Hills, Calif. 90212.
In 1960, 2.7 million blacks lived in America's suburbs; 1974, the number had grown to 4.2 million. Nonetheless, housing in suburbia is still largely segregated.
So says Clay, ~rofessor of urban studies at MIT. Census Bureau data show that the average post-1960 black suburbanite is six years younger than previous black suburban dwellers and is more likely to earn over $10,000 a year...

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