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EWP Cong Record 1956 March 27 002
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Virginia
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1000473
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3 et | Rateot Tt | =
; .| admitte ate of f mitted to ate of Percent of ;
State l;{figigg pi)g% _to prison | Negro felony. Vl‘fltl}te p{)&%— prison on. | white felony Percent of felony pris- Negro rate
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i on felony * | prisoners per | ' (laggsus " felony prisoners per g}opt;latll%rgo oners gyer ‘:h e
chiggoes. 100,000, 1950 / chiagsggs, 100,000, 1950 | Y °8T% Negro, 1950 e
_California. 462,172 596 129 9,915,173 2,472 25 4 19 ey 516
District of Columbia. 280, 803 444 158 517, 865 " 136 26 35 80 608
Illiqois 645, 980 639 99 8,046, 058 1,225 15 7 © 32 660
Indiana 174, 168 189 108 3, 758,512 944 - 25 4 17 432
Kentucky... 201, 921° 277 132 2, 742, 090 1, 088- 39 7 21 338
Maryland.._ 385,972 1,484 386 1, 954, 97 993 51 16 60 757
Missouri. .- 297, 088 413 139 3, 655, 593 1,133 31 8 27 448
New Jersey- 318, 565 . 478 150 4,511, 585 888 19 71 T, 3 789
New York.. 918; 191 1,051 114 13, 872, 095 1,818 13 6 37 877
Ohio___.. 513, 072 922 179 28, 1,729 23 6 35 778
Oklahoma 145, 503 208 143 | 2,032,526 892 44 7 19 325
Pgnnsy!va. i€ £ H38, 493 W77 9, 853, 848 933 9 6 35 855
West Virginia. ccceacacmacccmacocanaanazaan 114, 867 93 81 1,890, 282 609 32 -6 13 253
Potal oscoacaacceaesa SRR It i lucs 5,096, 787 7,287 143 70,178, 824 14, 860 21 6.7 33 681
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603, 101 620 102 2,166, 051 895 41 ‘22 41" 249
882, 428 S 642 A7 1,796, 683 © 516 29 33 55 248
986, 494 =530 53 1,188,632 222 19 -45 70 279
North Carolina 1, 047, 353 622 59 2,983,121 633 -21-} 26 | 50 - 281
South Carolina._... 22, 077 183 22 1, 293, 405 - 420 32- 39 30 1145
Tennessee. 530; 603 2334 63 2, 760, 257 691 25 - 16 -32 252
Texas. _.ccaa--- 22 977, 458 867 88 6, 726, 534 2,125 32 13 | 30 275
741 53111 S P 734,21 941 128 2, 581, 555 800 385 22 | 54 366
otalha g SHss T, S 2 7, 989, 981 5,811 72| 25,057,302 7,423 29 2 | 44 | 248
1 White over Negro.
Note: The States of Michigan and
Georgia are omitted from the -above
table, inasmuch as those States did not
submit prison reports to the Depart-
ment of Justice for the year 1950.
An analysis of the above table is most
enlightening.
The top portion of the table lists the
13 States of the Union which have more
than 100,000 Negro population, with the
exception of Michigan. The bottom
- portion of the table consists of the seg-
regated Southern States, with the ex-
ception of Georgia.
It should be noted that the integrated
States show a substantially higher in-
cidence of Negro crime in proportion to
Negro population than the segregated
States. ' In fact, this table reveals that
the per capita crime rate among Negroes
in the integrated States is 199 percent—
or double—the rate in the segregated
States. The cases enumerated in the
foregoing table are convicted felony
cases, and the figures do not reflect ar-
rests or misdemeanor convictions.
These figures must prove conclusively
1 or 2 premises: Either that Negroes are
more law abiding in a segregated society,
or southern courts are far more lenient
with Negro defendants. This, in my
opinion, puts the lie to the left-wing and
NAACP propaganda to the effect that
a “reign of terror” against Negroes pre-
vails in the South.
Much of the propaganda assault made
against the Southern people originates
in the State of New York. To those
from that State who would criticize the
South, I suggest a look at the record.
In 1950, New York courts sent more
Negroes to the penitentiary than the
courts of Arkansas, Mississippi, and
South Carolina combined, in spite of the
fact that the total Negro population of
those three States exceeds that of New
York by 1,317,019.
According to the 1950 census, Missis-
sippi’s Negro population exceeds New
York’s Negro population by 68,303. Yet
382798—58063
official Justice Department figures show
that New York sent twice as many Ne-
groes to prison in 1950 than Mississippi:
Where is the reign of terror, if such
exists? )
Integrated Ohio sent more Negroes to
prison ‘in 1950 than did the segregated
States of . Arkansas, Tennessee, and
South Carolina combined. Those three
Southern States, according to the 1950
census, have a Negro population that
exceeds that of Ohio by 1,266,247.
- Again; where is the reign of terror, if
such exists? 2
The foregoing table will show the
startling fact that the integrated States
sent more Negroes to the penitentiary in
proportion to their overall Negro popu-
lation than the segregated States.’ Per
100,000 Negro population, this rate
ranges, in the Northern States; from 77
in Pennsylvania to 386 in Maryland.. By
contrast, ‘the rate in the segregated
Southern States ranges from 22 in - South
Carolina to 128 in Virginia.
The foregoing table, summarized, will
also show the following comparison be-
tween the segregated Southern States
and the integrated Northern States cited
therein: S
Negro prison rate per 100,000 population
0 to 50 51t0100 | 101 to 150 | 151 to 200 | Over 200
Integrated States_ 3 7 2 1
Segregated States .- occomecacooococcciocammcmmaaoon 1 7 el ee ctee ittt s e
It should be noted that the white
prison rate per 100,000 white popula-
tion is practically the same in ali the
States reported, being 21 in the inte-
.grated States and 29 in the segregated
.States. - s
These 1950 figures furiher analyzed
show the following:
On a per capita basis, New York sent
9 times as many Negroes to the peniten-
tiary as whites; Pennsylvania sent 8
times as many Negroes to prison as
whites. 8
New Jersey’s populatior is 7 percent
Negro, but 35 percent of their felony
convictions were Negro. In other words,
7 percent of their population was re-
sponsible for 35 percent of their major
crimes.
The same pattern holds true prac-
tically throughout the integrated States.
.- Among the Southern States, South
Carolina actually sent more whites than
Negroes to prison on a per capita basis.
On. the basis: of 100,00 i
race, South Carolina sen: 145 percent
more whites than Negroes to prison.
This is the only State in the Union,
according to available statistics, where
this condition prevailed. In Mississippi,
on a per capita basis, less than three
times as many Negroes than whites were
sent to prison. The same rate in New
York is three times that of Mississippi.
Where is the so-called reign of terror?
In a range distribution, note the fol-
lowing breakdown, showing the percent-
age of the per capita Negro crime rate
to that of the white crime rate:
Negro rate (percentage) over white rate, per 100,000 population
0 to 100 | 101 to 200 { 201 to 300 | 301 to 400 401 to 500 | Over 500
‘ Integrated States.. S 1 2 2 8
Segregated States. . ccooemoooceacoaaaaa- Tl e 8 Joltes o sl O