Speech #930005788

Any serious approach to solving urban problems. therefore. should take into account the urgent need for redevelopment of our rural areas. To a much greater extent than most people realize. our urban problems are a result of a massive exodus from rural America to the cities. The cities will never be able to solve their problems until that massive immigration is slowed down or reversed. Housing. jobs. and educational opportunities must be made available for rural Americans. It has been customary of late to speak of black problems and urban problems interchangeably. but the fact is that 51.5 percent of the black population of America still reside in 11 Southern States.