Progress report, July-October 1963, Mayors Biracial Committee

Description:	Mayors Biracial Committee progress report of July - October 1963. South Bend mayor Frank J. Bruggner appointed a 34 member bi-racial committee on July 6, 1963 to examine the problem of discrimination in South Bend. This is the first report of the committee. It includes subcommittee reports that review the causes and patterns of discrimination in education, employment, housing and public accommodations. Included are 1960 South Bend census data, housing patterns by race, and employment statistics at the schools and government offices by race.
Origin:	1963
Contributor(s):	South Bend (Ind.). Mayor's Biracial Committee.
Source:	http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16827coll4/id/2286
Collection:	Civil Rights and African American History
Copyright:	Materials in Michiana Memory are in the public domain. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. To purchase copies of the images and/or for copyright information, contact local.history@sjcpl.org.
Subjects:	African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964--Indiana--South Bend Discrimination in employment--Indiana--South Bend Discrimination in housing--Indiana--South Bend African Americans--Indiana--South Bend African Americans--Education--Indiana--South Bend South Bend (Ind.)--Race relations

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