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Middle class Blacks move into white suburbia
A 1972 feature maps a growing Black middle class crossing into white neighborhoods and workplaces. It profiles Joe Scott, Jim Plinton, Al Campbell, Maceo Nance Jr., and others, detailing barriers, advances, and identity struggles as Blacks join white communities and corporate ranks while staying connected to Black institutions and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barbour
AP Newsfeatures
Archie Bunker
New York Athletic Club
Elks
George Groh
Census Bureau
Joe Scott
Scott
Jim Plinton
America
al Campbell
Campbell
Great Neck
N.Y
Bell
Long Island
Atlantic
New Jersey
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
House-Hunt
Plinton
East
Kathy
RCA Laboratories
Princeton
N.J
Sonny
Charles Thomas
Watts
University of Oregon
Elks Club
California
Thomas
University of California
San Diego
Angela Davis
Middle America
Yale
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Westfield
Board of Education
Lafayette College
Lincoln University
Lafayette
Maceo Nance Jr
South Carolina State
Nance
Suburbia
Michigan
South Carolina
Mobile
Ala
Maceo Nance
Columbia
S.C
Uncle Toms
RCA Labs