A Common destiny : Blacks and American society
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A Common destiny : Blacks and American society
National Academy Press, 1989
- : hard
- : pbk
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Papers and studies resulting from a four-year study conducted under the aegis of the Committee on the Status of Black Americans
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"[A] collection of scholars [has] released a monumental study called A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society. It offers detailed evidence of the progress our nation has made in the past 50 years in living up to American ideals. But the study makes clear that our work is far from over." ?President Bush, Remarks by the president to the National Urban League Conference
The product of a four-year, intensive study by distinguished experts, A Common Destiny presents a clear, readable "big picture" of blacks' position in America. Drawing on historical perspectives and a vast amount of data, the book examines the past 50 years of change and continuity in the status of black Americans. By studying and comparing black and white age cohorts, this volume charts the status of blacks in areas such as education, housing, employment, political participation and family life.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Summary and Conclusions
Overview: Then and Now
Black Participation in American Society
Racial Attitudes and Behavior
Identity and Institutions in the Black Community
Black Political Participation
Blacks in the Economy
The Schooling of Black Americans
Black Americans' Health
Crime and the Administration of Criminal Justice
Children and Families
Appendix A: Notes on Methodology, Definitions, and Needed Data and
Research
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee and Panel Members
and Staff
Appendix C: Committee Activities
Index
Table of Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 Summary and Conclusions
- 3 Overview: Then and Now
- 4 Black Participation in American Society
- 5 Racial Attitudes and Behavior
- 6 Identity and Institutions in the Black Community
- 7 Black Political Participation
- 8 Blacks in the Economy
- 9 The Schooling of Black Americans
- 10 Black Americans' Health
- 11 Crime and the Administration of Criminal Justice
- 12 Children and Families
- 13 Appendix A: Notes on Methodology, Definitions, and Needed Data and Research
- 14 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee and Panel Members and Staff
- 15 Appendix C: Committee Activities
- 16 Index
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