IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE EDUCATION WHICH ENABLES CHILDREN TO ADJUST NORMALLY TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. THIS CANNOT BE DONE IN A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS RACIALLY IMBALANCED. THE MINNEAPOLIS HUMAN RELATIONS TASK FORCE FEELS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MUST NOT WAIT FOR A SOUND COMMUNITY BUT MUST TAKE POSITIVE STEPS TO PRODUCE ONE BY CREATING RACIAL BALANCE. SOME AREAS OF MINNEAPOLIS HAVE SHOWN A 30 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE CONCENTRATION OF NEGROES FROM 1950-60. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE A COLOR-CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH SOME SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE NORTH AND WEST HAVE ADAPTED INTO THE OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES OF SPLIT SCHOOL BUILDING USE BY GRADES, PERMISSIVE BUSSING, OPEN ENROLLMENT, AND REDISTRICTING AND/OR SCHOOL RELOCATION. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "JOURNAL OF NEGRO EDUCATION," VOLUME 33, NUMBER 4, FALL 1964.