Long time white residents also turned to try to force the poor blacks out of town.

The poor blacks had had no hand in the matter.

The fund helps 33 small organizations meet the growing needs of poor blacks.

It is also true here that a submerged class of poor blacks remains.

Does his background suggest a special understanding of poor blacks and empathy for their needs?

The largest concentrations of poor blacks are in the larger cities.

By 1980 their number had grown to 452,030, and they constituted all but 14 percent of the poor blacks in the city.

She was struck by the stories of the poor blacks who came seeking legal aid.

"It was made a cooperative to keep poor blacks and minorities out in the first place," he said.

They said he was profiling poor blacks in the city.