Date of Graduation
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
Committee Chair
F. Carson Mencken
Abstract
African Americans are an economically and socially oppressed group both currently and historically within the American South and Appalachian region. They experience socioeconomic barriers at local and national levels. Even so, within Appalachian counties, populations with greater percentages of African Americans receive greater per capita federal grant spending. Moreover, southern Appalachian counties including counties in the Black Belt region show the most dramatic increases in federal grants. Still, within Appalachian counties receiving increased federal grants, unemployment rates are not affected. Further, metropolitan counties are not benefitting from increased federal grant spending. Consequently, these counties are experiencing economic growth with little change in the lives of people. It is clear that federal grant spending is reaching economically lagging regions such as Appalachia; however, the question remains who is benefitting from increased federal grant spending.
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Steven Ray, "The distribution of federal grants in Appalachia: The effects of race." (2000). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10461.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10461