From a study of 98 randomly selected black-american couples living in a moderately South eastern city, it was concluded that the overwhelming majority of those sampled had positive self-esteem scores. These findings cast considerable doubt on the current validity of generalizations made from earlier studies. The notion that spouse's self-esteem…

Focuses on a sample composed of 52 black economically secure families and finds that these families present a picture of husband and wife jointly working together in the maintenance of their families and in making decisions about their lives. This research suggests that, among some black working class families, the wife dominant relationship does…

Reviews several common pseudo- and middle-range theories that have been offered to explain the violence that occurred in Black ghettos in the 1960s. Argues for the necessity of a systematic examination of the political significance of racial discrimination in relation to urban violence. (KH)

Stressing the trend towards increasing concentration of the black population in urban ghettos, the author discusses the policies of "benign neglect" and "law and order" and advocates the development in Afro-Americans of maximum unity and social cohesion rooted in a consciousness of common purpose. (Author/JM)

Utilizing data from young, poor, urban, first-conception Black females, found only weak and partial support for the hypothesis that childbirth illegitimacy runs in families. Difference in maternal histories of any illegitimacy was significant only between females who delivered illegitimately and those who legitimated their conceptions with…

Analyzes structural factors affecting the cross-sectional variation in occupational differentiation between urban Blacks and Whites. Finds that the relative size of the Black population is the most powerful indicator of the level of occupational differentiation, but that educational level and the size of the urban population also had significant…