The school populations. which predict the future city populations. tell the story with stark clarity. Briefly. 1947 was the last year when elementary schools of the District of Columbia had a hairline majority of white children. At that time. the District population was only about one third Negro. In the intervening 19 years. white emigration to the suburbs and Negro immigration from the South have produced a District population that is close to two thirds Negro. But Negro children now comprise 91 per cent of the pupils in the Districts elementary schools. Furthermore. the District has lost one half its white children of elementary age in the last five years.
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