or
re
or
culture of a
city, commission iW.
The co n dy, inority
derly Services: Programs, Older
Problem" examined OM program
Brid eport, Conn.;
San Franc'
o
POO - an ,. the
co " n "ed, minority older peop
d much higher tes of po erty than
the' nonminority counterpart But
ry ci y studied, minority 0 er
ere unde ed. The Older
Act m es no ref enee to
prefere , it
ou1d be given to tbo
ecooomic
"
. ,
joi in
orpnization and
'SlaIlln' .. the em t.
" � LL OBILIZE tho s
of people 0 er the coone of the next
ye in efforts to the tide of ,.
unemployment, nu annihilation
ra' Yio nee," said.
any of the pins
of the fir nwch on n are
beq eroded a r of the policie
of the pr nt Idministration. There-
fore, e are reco people and
orpnizations of ood to forge a
and a rategy to ud a
SUlJPDI of ' of arlin Luther
and a reclaiming of our right as
o
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ITED OUI'REACH - Despite the
Jo participation of minorit' Area
Agencies on ere not actively
tryins to recruit mineri into the
program , t commission sUI.
oreever, according to com-
, 'n aff, �e not keep
b on mmoriti in if program
And minorities ere not usually active
, an AAA' plan nina.
The U.s. Commission on Civil '
m pub cond part
t will include reeom-
ill al contain the
oatio rvey of S te
ncie on Aging.
To get a single copy fo the udy,
nd a po card to the U.s. Commis-
'on on C' 't Publication are-
hou , 621 . P yo St., AI and',
Va. 22314.-HH
AUGUST 11 -24, 1 2 THE CITIZE
'p GE3
n
citize "
Dr.
"BECAUSE TERROR REIG at
aM th
o
o 7
The number of voti e B
rose 44 percent from 12 million in
1970 to 17 million in 1980, 'h four
ates reportmg a B electorate of 0
million or more, according to a
report from the Commerce Department'
Ce Bur ,
York in 1980 had the large
number of oting e B (1.6 rnilWn)
f0110 ed by California, Te and Illi­
no The increase reflects the 10 ered
votin e�ility to 18 year in an ate
d growth of the Bl population,
up 17.s percent from 1970.
o-third f th D' rict of Colum-
bia' electorate ' Black. State w' h
the highe proportion of voting ge
Black are '" pi (31 percent),
South Carolina and Lou" (27 per-
cent), Georg' (24 percent), bam
(23 percent), aryland (21 percent),
p
I FO SESSIO
FO SE 10 5
Inform tion concerning service
provided by the Department of
Soc the tegula­
'0 on the' eanee of food stamp
Social Security and de th benefit
will be provided the public t a meet-
jog to be held th River Terr
Apartment, 300 River Terrace,
Benton Harbor, starting at 2:00
p.m., Tuesday, Augu 24th.
The public ' invited to attend
this meeting
deferred."
rth Caro ' (20 percent) V'
(17 per t).
In 1980, B 10.5
percent of the to at
tion tionally, 53 percent "
in the South. In 1980 9.8 million B s
reported be' resi ered 8.3
million reported 0 ing in t 19 0
el ction.
The B outmWation from
South that b an odd ar I
hich spread ttlement of Bla
throughout the United Stat until th
mid-�Os con' bly equalized the
regional d' utjon of B er-
th* �
wmg m
1980.
The report notes th t omen are
the majority of th voti
t.ion in all te except � __ • & ....... ,�
da, and yoming,
that the nation' otq
will reach 170 million in er
1982, 5 million iner 0 er the
total for th 1980 e ion and 29 mil­
lion more than in 0 ember, 1972.
Cop' of the report Pro' ion of
the Population of Vote e for S
vailabl for 2,25 each prepUi from
the Superintendent of Do U.s.
Go ernment OffICe, a ' ton,
D.C. 20402.