Directory 1937
The Negro population of Missouri in 1930 was 223,840. Statistical Review of St. Joseph Including the Negro: total 81,713: Negro 4,055. There were 3 Negro schools with 27 Negro teachers. There is a St. Joseph Negro Directory. Elwood Kansas also has a directory in this photocopy of the directory.
Approximately 21 per cent of Negro owned and are buying their homes. 139 miles paved streets, approximately 68 per cent of the Negro district is paved. 21 percent of Negro homes have gas connections. 91 per cent of Negro homes have sewer connections. 89 per cent of Negro homes have water meters. 88 percent of Negro homes have light meters. 8 percent of Negro homes have telephones in service. 9 theaters of which Negroes can attend one. 17 public parks, Negroes can attend all. 6 hospitals Negroes can attend four. Post Office employment 6 Negroes and there is one Negro Mail Carrier.
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Black Archives
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St. Joseph Negro Directory, Black History, Black City Directory
