BLACK MOTHER AND FATHER WITH THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN IN CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE GHETTO. ALTHOUGH FIGURES IN THE 1970 CENSUS NOTE THAT NEARLY HALF OF THE NATION'S MILLION BLACKS WERE IN MIDDLE INCOME BRACKETS, AN EQUAL NUMBER WERE TRYING TO FIND JOBS THAT PAID ENOUGH FOR THEM TO ENTER THE MIDDLE CLASS. AND THE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR BLACKS NATIONWIDE IS BELIEVED TO BE TWICE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THIS FAMILY LIVES IN A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT BECAUSE THE FATHER MAKES $7,000 PER YEAR

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