The Issue Before Us

Crisis in Black and White
by Charles E. Silberman
Random House, 1964, 370 pp., $5.95

“If whites were to stop all discriminatory practices tomorrow, this alone would not solve ‘the Negro problem.’ To be sure, an end to discrimination is a prerequisite to any solution. But too many Negroes are unable or unwilling to compete; segregation is an affliction, but for many it is a crutch as well.&...