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Additional authors

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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Added author

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