Industry in The Black Community: Ibm in Bedford-Stuyvesant

Abstract

In 1968 IBM decided to locate a computer component assembly plant in New York City's Bedford-Stuyvesant section. After one year of operation, the plant has expanded to a second product line and claims to have built production and performance records comparable to those at other new IBM facilities. While admittedly a small accomplishment, the plant may have important implications for industrial development in other ghetto areas. The IBM experience may also begin to lay to rest a few of the old shibboleths about center city locations and the disadvantaged work force.