NCJ Number
147581
Journal
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume: 338 Dated: (November 1961) Pages: 91-101
Date Published
1961
Length
11 pages
Annotation
In 1960, about 3 million black teenagers lived in the United States, 75 percent of whom lived in the South, and their position in the social structure was decisively conditioned by race, inferiority, deprivation, and youthfulness.
Abstract
Within black society, teenagers were differentiated according to high-prestige and low-prestige categories based on contrasting cultural heritages. Black teenage culture was a melange of general adolescent patterns and unique ethnic practices. Two modes of aggression tended to distinguish black teenagers: low-prestige youth exhibited unusual personal aggression, while college teenagers created the racial protest movement. Racial protest took several forms and constituted one of the most positive elements of teenage culture in the 1960's. 30 footnotes and 2 tables