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Doors Opening for Blacks Seen in 20 Year Transformation
A sweeping view of U.S. black progress from 1960 to 1976 shows blacks entering politics, higher education, and professional fields in growing numbers. Public offices rose from near zero to thousands, college attendance surged, and desegregation accelerated, though gaps in income and unemployment persisted.
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America
James C. Sams
Jacksonville
Fla
National Baptist Convention of America
Joseph A. Francis
Newark
N.J
C. Eric Lincoln
Duke University
U.S
Lawrence Jones
Howard University
Grant Shockley
Interdenominational Theological Center
Atlanta
U.S. Congress
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Patricia Roberts Harris
United Church of Christ
Andrew Young
Martin Luther King
United Nations
Jimmy Carter
Carter
South
E.P. Murchison
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
North
Charles E. Cobb
United Church of Christ Commission On Racial Justice
Harvey Hamel
U.S. Labor Department
Melvin Humphrey
Department of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Robert Bellah
Black Church