INTRODUCTION; 1 THE NEGRO AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE WORLD WAR II; 2 THE NEGRO AND THE FEDERAL SERVICE IN AN ERA OF CHANGE; 3 REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS; 4 MERIT, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL SERVICE; 5 NEGRO EMPLOYMENT, AN ANALYSIS; 6 THE MACHINERY OF EQUALITY; 7 THE PROBLEM IN THE DEPARTMENTS: SOME ILLUSTRATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; INDEX