The question pursued in this dissertation is how two simultaneous influences, Upward Bound participation and the black liberation movement, are assessed by a group of black residents of Newark, New Jersey who were Upward Bound participants during 1966-1972, and whether their varying assessments reflect any patterns related to their subsequent educational achievement, socioeconomic ratings, and personal/social adjustment. Data were obtained through mailed questionnaires from 113 respondents who had participated in any of four Upward Bound Projects. The questionnaire included the Rosenberg Self-esteem Measure, the Mathis Environmental Participation Index, and a black liberation identification index constructed for this study. A fourfold typology based on the respondent's assessments of the Upward Bound and black liberation influences was developed. Three areas, educational achievement and goals, socioeconomic rating, and personal/social adjustment were examined for patterns related to the combined assessments of Upward Bound and black liberation. The patterns of assessments suggested that the influences of Upward Bound and the black liberation movement, when both were assessed as positive, probably reinforced each other with respect to subsequent educational achievement and goals, as well as personal/social adjustment. The influence of the black liberation movement when it was assessed as positive, seemed more important than the influence of Upward Bound with respect to socioeconomic rating at the time of the study. (Author/AM)