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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED247340 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Problems in Urban Centers. Oversight Hearings before
the Committee on the District of Columbia. House of
Representatives, Ninety-Sixth Congress, Second Session on
Problems in Urban Centers, Washington, D.C., and the Federal
Government Role (June 25, 26, 27, July 23, 24, 30, and
September 30, 1980). (Volume I). Serial No. 96-16.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 955 p.; For a related document, see UD 023 715.
Portions of document contain small print.
ABSTRACT: This is a transcript which documents 1980 hearings
of the House of Representatives Committee on the District of
Columbia. The transcript compares past and present
conditions in Washington, D.C. and other American cities;
surveys how Federal assistance has helped or hindered the
ability of cities to confront urban problems; and explores
how Federal government resources can best aid cities.
Washington, D.C. receives the most attention (it is called a
"prototype of America's major urban central cities"). Other
urban centers considered in relative depth are Atlanta,
Miami, Watts, and Detroit. The 35 witnesses whose testimony
is presented came from universities, research centers,
community programs, and government. Special material is
presented from newspapers, the U.S. General Accounting
Office, the District of Columbia police department and
school system, the Congressional Research Service, the
National Community Action Agency, the National Urban League,
the National Urban coalition, the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights, and academic research. The many different areas
considered include affirmative action, civil rights, and
equal opportunity; urban economics and finance; Federal
support, and grants-in-aid; taxation; equal employment,
manpower, and training; crime, safety, and the police
community relationship; families and housing; education;
poverty; racism; senior citizens and youth; population
movements, migration, and refugees; and urban development
and policy. (KH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Civil-Rights;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Employment-Opportunities;
Hearings-; Minority-Groups; Municipalities-; Older-Adults;
Police-Community-Relationship; Poverty-; Racial
Discrimination; Taxes-; Urban-Demography; Urban-Education;
Urban-Improvement; Urban-Population; Youth-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Federal-Aid; *Government-Role; *Public
Policy; *Urban-Areas; *Urban-Problems
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