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Homeless Black Youth: A Case of Persistent Unemployment
Abstract
Black youth growing up in northern central cities during the late fifties and sixties were relegated to enforced idleness due to an unemployment crisis that has persisted over time. This crisis eventuated in their homelessness, social problem that will continue through the next decade. Using data compiled from studies in three northern central cities, the author of this paper suggests that homelessness among today's black youth began four decades ago. This homelessness trend was precipitated mainly by the post World War II baby booni, black southern migration to northern central cities, the subsequent transition of those cities, and the changing technological, labor market demands for which black youth have yet to be prepared.
Journal
(1988)
vol17
no1
pages71-77
Categories
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Nonprofit History
