from S.N.C.C.
Negroes in Arkansas receive only enough education to make them barely literate, have fanily incomes far below the U.S. Government's adequate level standard and are leaving the state at a high rate, states a special report published by S.N.C.C. The report, a statistical survey called "The General Condition of the Arkansas Negro", covers population, death rates, population characteristics, employment, income, education and voter registration of whites and Negroes in the state.
The report shows that the median income for Negro families in the state is $1,636, whereas the U.S. Government's standard for adequate family in come is $3,000. The population of Arkansas has decreased 6.5% between 1950 and 1960 and 35% of the Negroes in the age range 20-44 have left during this period. “Arkansas is a society of the very young and very old; those too young to migrate and those too old," states the survey. The report is made up of 26 pages of comparitive statistics, charts and graphs, accompanied by explanations and interpretat/ Material. This is the third report of this kind published by the S$.N.C.C. research department. The two earlier publications covered Mississippi and Alabama.
The report is designed to serve as a reference source for S.N.C.C. staff, as a counterpart for earlier publications, to indicate guidlines for the future, more detailed studies, and to show how a large number of American citizens live in Arkansas. It can be obtained from S.N.C.C., 360, Nelson Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, 30313, U.S.A.