Title A common destiny : Blacks and American society / Gerald David Jaynes and Robin M. Williams, Jr., editors ; Committee on the Status of Black Americans, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989 ©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 608 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Summary This report summarizes and interprets a large body of data and research analyses concerning the position of blacks in American society since the eve of World War II. We write at a time 20 years after the Kerner Commission, following the summer riots of 1967, warned that ours was becoming a racially divided and unequal nation. We write 45 years after Gunnar Myrdal in "An American Dilemma" challenged Americans to bring their racial practices into line with their ideals. Despite clear evidence of progress against each problem, Americans face an unfinished agenda: many black Americans remain separated from the mainstream of national life under conditions of great inequality. The American dilemma has not been resolved. The new 'American dilemma' that has emerged after the civil rights era of the 1960s results from two aspirations of black Americans: equal opportunity--the removal of barriers to employment, housing, education, and political activities--and the actual attainment of equality in participation in these sectors of life. Foremost among the reasons for the present state of black-white relations are two continuing consequences of the nation's long and recent history of racial inequality. One is the negative attitudes held toward blacks and the other is the actual disadvantaged conditions under which many black Americans live. These two consequences reinforce each other. Thus, a legacy of discrimination and segregation continues to affect black-white relations Analysis African Americans Economic conditions African Americans Politics and government African Americans Social conditions 1975- United States Race relations Notes Papers and studies resulting from a four-year study conducted under the aegis of the Committee on the Status of Black Americans Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Universidad Sergio Arboleda gnd Subject African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975- African Americans -- Economic conditions. African Americans -- Politics and government. African Americans. Government publications. African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975- African Americans -- Economic conditions African Americans -- Politics and government Black or African American Race Relations African American. 71.37 ethnic groups. Government publications African Americans African Americans -- Economic conditions African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Social conditions Race relations Schwarze Ethnische Beziehungen Sozioökonomischer Wandel Soziale Situation Zwarten. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 United States Subject United States Schwärze USA Genre/Form Informational works Informational works. Documents d'information. Form Electronic book Author Jaynes, Gerald David, editor. Williams, Robin M., Jr., 1914-2006, editor. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Status of Black Americans. LC no. 89012253 ISBN 9780309555371 030955537X 1280214384 9781280214387 9786610214389 6610214387 0585024480 9780585024486

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