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Bullock, Charles S. | 1 |
Dare, Robert | 1 |
Henderson, Vivian W. | 1 |
Nagi, Saad Z. | 1 |
Reid, John D. | 1 |
Rodgers, Harrel R. | 1 |
Spreitzer, Elmer A. | 1 |
Tucker, C. Jack | 1 |
Turner, Barbara F. | 1 |
Turner, Castellano B. | 1 |
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Henderson, Vivian W. – Phylon, 1976
Outlines a partial framework of the range of concerns embraced by DuBois on matters pertaining to economic disadvantagement of black people, and offers some analysis of what the evolutionary process has yielded black people as economic participants and the implications of these facts for public policy today and tomorrow. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Economic Opportunities, Employment Opportunities

Dare, Robert – Phylon, 1970
Describes the operations of the 1965-66 Economic Opportunity Atlanta administration, its subsidiary Citizens Neighborhood Advisory Councils, and the Central Citizens Advisory Council. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Advisory Committees, Black Community, Community Involvement

Spreitzer, Elmer A.; Nagi, Saad Z. – Phylon, 1973
Compares black and white workers on positions in the occupational structure and income levels while controlling a number of related factors that were not possible to include in earlier studies; data are derived from a larger study of applicants for disability benefits under the Social Security program. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Black Employment, Economic Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Laborers

Bullock, Charles S.; Rodgers, Harrel R. – Phylon, 1976
Presents a typology of institutional racism: (1) pre-requisites which exclude dis-proportionate numbers of blacks; (2) freezing, which occurs when standards are rigorously applied to all applicants, but only after most whites qualified during a period of less stringent requirements, and, (3) mapping, consisting of drawing geographical lines so as…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Economic Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Government Role

Turner, Castellano B.; Turner, Barbara F. – Phylon, 1981
A study of perceived discrimination by race and by sex for each of 21 occupations was compared with actual percentages of Blacks in each field. The study suggested that: (1) perception of opportunity corresponded to actual structure of opportunity; and (2) both a change in the social structure and individual belief systems is needed to further…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Economic Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Occupational Mobility

Reid, John D.; Tucker, C. Jack – Phylon, 1977
Discusses "general trends in black urbanization for the greater part of the twentieth century and the similarities and dissimilarities black trends have had with those of whites." Analyzes "the role migration has played in redistributing blacks to the country's largest cities." Examines "urbanization trends in terms of black occupational and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Dropouts, Economic Opportunities