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.

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

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	305.896 C734C	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 608 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note	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 and index.
Form	Also available via the World Wide Web.
Contents	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.
Subject	African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
	African Americans -- Economic conditions.
	African Americans -- Politics and government.
	United States -- Race relations.
	Black or African American -- United States.
	Race Relations.
Added Author	Jaynes, Gerald David.
	Williams, Robin M., Jr., 1914-2006.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Status of Black Americans.
Other Form:	Online version: Common destiny. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989 (OCoLC)597517135
	Online version: Common destiny. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989 (OCoLC)603981899
ISBN	0309039983
	9780309039987
	0309039886
	9780309039888 UNCONFIRMED
	0309039886 UNCONFIRMED

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