Archive Report
Archive Report
Power Gains of American Negroes
The postwar years have been marked by substantial betterment of relations between black and white citizens in most parts of the United States. In recent weeks a leading Negro sociologist has cited “notable progress” in breaking down racial prejudices,1 the head of a large interracial organization has noted “marked improvement” in working and living conditions of American Negroes,2 and a prominent southern newspaper editor has said race relations in the South are better now than at any time in the past.3
A notable contribution to public understanding of the race problem was made by the report in 1947 of the President's Committee on Civil Rights,4 Decisions of federal courts, before and since the committee's report, have done much to mitigate discriminations ...