This is the complete text of President Carter's speech concerning the black community. Here he presents the programs, goals, and objectives the Carter Administration has in mind for black Americans. (Author/AM)

Suggests that the process of saving the cities must not be a process of driving out the poor to house the middle class, but a process of helping the poor to become middle income. The ultimate future of our cities and of our nation may depend upon the success of that effort. (Author)

Puts forth the notion that the extent to which there are validly alternative realities which exist, either within the same culture or between cultures, there exist the opportunity and the necessity for the construction of disciplines for capturing, examining, communicating, and preserving that reality. (Author/AM)

Emphasizes the increasing importance of international political and economic concerns in shaping the national political climate. Predicts destructive consequences for the Black community as a result of deterioration in the economy and in international relations, and discusses Black leaders' future roles in shaping constructive foreign and domestic…