CHICAGO GHETTO ON THE SOUTH SIDE. ALTHOUGH THE PERCENTAGE OF CHICAGO BLACKS MAKING $7,000 OR MORE JUMPED FROM 26 TO 58% BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970, A LARGE PERCENTAGE STILL REMAINED UNEMPLOYED. THE BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GENERALLY IS ASSUMED TO BE TWICE THAT OF THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
BLACK YOUTHS PLAY BASKETBALL AT STATEWAY GARDENS’ HIGHRISE HOUSING PROJECT ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE, THE COMPLEX HAS EIGHT BUILDINGS WITH 1,633 TWO AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS HOUSING 6,825 PERSONS, THEY WERE BUILT UNDER THE U.S. HOUSING ACTS OF 1949 AND 1968 THEY ARE MANAGED BY THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 41,500 PUBLIC HOUSING DWELLINGS.
