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National Research Council Committee on the Status of Black Americans working papers

Title
  1. National Research Council Committee on the Status of Black Americans working papers, 1986-1988.
Author
  1. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Status of Black Americans.

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  1. Bell, Derrick, 1930-2011.
  2. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
  3. Jackson, Henry F.
  4. Jaynes, Gerald David.
  5. Williams, Robin Murphy.
  6. Powell, Richard J., 1953-
  7. Malveaux, Julianne.
  8. Carson, Clayborne, 1944-
Description
  1. 1 lin. ft. (2 archival boxes, 1/2 archival box)
Summary
  1. The National Research Council Committee on the Status of Black Americans working papers consist of thirty-three essays prepared by prominent scholars in several fields as background for the publication "A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society" (National Academy Press, 1989). Correspondence and other administrative material are located in the National Academy of Sciences archives.
Subject
  1. African American soldiers
  2. Housing > United States
  3. African Americans > Education (Higher)
  4. Crime and race > African Americans
  5. African Americans in literature
  6. African Americans in mass media
  7. African Americans > Social conditions
  8. African Americans > Housing
  9. African Americans > Politics and government
  10. African Americans > Employment
  11. Southern States > Social conditions
  12. African Americans > Crimes against
  13. African Americans in art
  14. African Americans > Education
  15. African Americans > Economic conditions
  16. African Americans > Suffrage
  17. African Americans > Vocational education > Alabama
  18. African Americans > Medical care
  19. African Americans > Health and hygiene
  20. National Research Council (U.S.) > Committee on the Status of Black Americans
Call number
  1. Sc MG 548
Source (note)
  1. National Academy of Sciences
Biography (note)
  1. In 1985, "A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society" was published by the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences of the National Research Council. The work was prepared by the Committee on the Status of Black Americans which was charged by the Commission to "...marshall descriptive data on the changing position of blacks in American society since 1940; ...and explore the consequences, anticipated and unanticipated, of public and private initiatives to ameliorate the position of blacks in America." Topics included health, racial attitudes, identity, political participation and economics, education, and crime. Authors of these papers included Derrick Bell, Clayborne Carson, Henry Louis Gates, Henry F. Jackson, Martin Kilson, Julianne Malveaux and Richard J. Powell. The chair of the committee was Robin M. Williams, Jr. and Gerald David Jaynes was the study director; both served as editors of the final report.
Author
  1. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Status of Black Americans.
Title
  1. National Research Council Committee on the Status of Black Americans working papers, 1986-1988.
Biography
  1. In 1985, "A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society" was published by the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences of the National Research Council. The work was prepared by the Committee on the Status of Black Americans which was charged by the Commission to "...marshall descriptive data on the changing position of blacks in American society since 1940; ...and explore the consequences, anticipated and unanticipated, of public and private initiatives to ameliorate the position of blacks in America." Topics included health, racial attitudes, identity, political participation and economics, education, and crime. Authors of these papers included Derrick Bell, Clayborne Carson, Henry Louis Gates, Henry F. Jackson, Martin Kilson, Julianne Malveaux and Richard J. Powell. The chair of the committee was Robin M. Williams, Jr. and Gerald David Jaynes was the study director; both served as editors of the final report.
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  1. Bell, Derrick, 1930-2011.
  2. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
  3. Jackson, Henry F.
  4. Jaynes, Gerald David.
  5. Williams, Robin Murphy.
  6. Powell, Richard J., 1953-
  7. Malveaux, Julianne.
  8. Carson, Clayborne, 1944-
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 548
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