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National Urban League's Annual Report

Now in its eleventh year of continuous publication, the National Urban League's annual report to the nation on the status of blacks, "The State of Black America," retains its position as the single most authoritative and complete source of information on the status of America's largest minority group published on an on-going basis.

The latest volume, "The State of Black America-1986," more than lives up to the same high standards of excellence and accuracy that have been hallmarks of the series since its inception. Once again, the NUL has brought together a group of the nation's most distinguished scholars who have prepared insightful, thoroughly researched and highly readable papers on a variety of critical issues that confronted Black America over the past year. Separately and together, the papers provide information on and views of Black America available through no other single source.

This invaluable and unique publication, described by the New York Times as being "widely viewed as an accurate barometer of black Americans' status," should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the status of race relations in America. Opening with "An Overview of Black America in 1985" by John E. Jacob, President of the NUL, "The State of Black America-1986" includes the following papers.

• ECONOMIC STATUS OF BLACKS 1985—By Dr. David H. Swinton, Director, Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Clark College. Examining such questions as whether Black America has been affected by the economic recovery, the differences in per capita income between Black America and White America, and the decreasing role of black males in the earning of income, this paper provides a total picture of the economic health of Black America.

• EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE: AN EDUCATIONAL IMPERATIVE—By Dr. Charles D. Moody, Sr., Professor of Education and Director of the Program for Educational Opportunity and the Center for Sex Equity in Schools, School of Education, University of Michigan. The educational system is viewed in this paper as accepting different goals for minority and majority group students and performing in a manner that produces different results. The author also looks at schools that have been successful in educating minority students and focuses on their general characteristics.

• THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE—By Dr. Robert B. Hill, Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. The history of the black middle class is traced to its origin among free black men in the days of slavery, and brought up to date through 1985. Dr. Hill describes and examines the various criteria that make up the black middle class such as income, education, employment and wealth. He traces the ups and downs of the black middle class over a period of time and looks at its future.

• TEENAGE PREGNANCY: THE IMPLICATIONS FOR BLACK AMERICANS—By Dr. Joyce A Ladner, Professor of Social Work, Howard University. Recognized as one of the nation's foremost experts on the subject, Dr. Ladner looks at teenage pregnancy from a number of perspectives that involve not only dealing with the statistics, but examining teenage pregnancy's impact on children and their families, the cost to the community, and effective community responses.

• NATIONAL HOUSING POLICIES AND BLACK AMERICA: TRENDS, ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS—By Professor John O. Calmore, Associate Professor of Law, North Carolina Central University. Fair housing and an adequate supply of low-income housing continue to be major problems in Black America. The author examines the housing policies of the Administration and finds them deficient in a number of aspects and argues for more effective public and private strategies.

• POLITICAL CHOICES: A REALIGNMENT IN PARTISANSHIP AMONG BLACK VOTERS?—By Dr. Dianne M. Pinderhughes, Assistant Professor, Afro-American Studies and Research Programs and Department of Political Science, University of Illinois. The possibilities of there being a major movement of blacks from the Democratic Party to the ranks of the Republicans are candidly assessed in this paper as well as the likelihood of blacks being attracted to a third party or to independent status.

• THE CASE FOR SOCIAL POLICY—By Dr. Bernard E. Anderson, Visiting Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. A debate is underway in Black America over the proper role of government in addressing social and economic problems. Dr. Anderson, a noted economist, vigorously defends a major role for government in these areas and points to the successes of a number of government programs and policies. Specific attention is paid to affirmative action and the continuing needs for its existence.

• BEYOND CIVIL RIGHTS—By Dr. Glenn C. Loury, Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Dr. Loury takes a different view than Dr. Anderson and contends that civil rights remedies are not appropriate in some circumstances and indeed their application may bey counterproductive. He also questions the use of affirmative action and quotas.

• "THE STATE OF BLACK AMERICA-1986" also includes a complete chronology of the most important events within Black America in 1985. You may order a copy of this invaluable publication directly from the National Urban League by filling out the order blank appearing on the back page of this announcement.