ABSTRACT
A northeastern industrial city with a population of between 150,000 and 200,000, Lakeside is a typical urban nucleus of a “standard metropolitan statistical area.” Large portions of the incoming Black population had come directly from the South or had been born in the South and lived elsewhere before coming to Lakeside. The bulk of the Black population, therefore, constituted a new community. As a consequence of their newness to Lakeside, southern Blacks had little awareness of politics in the city. Segregated neighborhoods have a long history in Lakeside. During the first part of this century, Blacks lived in a section of the city known both as “the Zone” and “Jew Town.” It was clear that there was not adequate housing in Lakeside in which to relocate all the people who were displaced by urban renewal. The numbers of Blacks migrating was continuing at an unprecedented rate, putting additional pressure on the city’s need for housing.
