A self-help program stirs a Negro slum.

The article reports on a self-help program dubbed Operation Bootstrap that aims to boost employment opportunities for poor African Americans. The program is supported by business organizations in Los Angeles, California. The development of the program was driven by the Watts riot in 1965. Included in the program are vocational training and motivation training. It also aims to raise the low self-esteem of African American who live in slum areas and instill in them a sense of purpose.