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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED331897 AUTHOR: Dewart, Janet, Ed.
TITLE: The State of Black America 1989.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 256 p.; For a related document, see ED 284 945.
AVAILABILITY: National Urban League Publications, 500 East
62nd Street, New York, NY 10021 ($19.00).
ABSTRACT: This compilation of 10 reports reviews the
socioeconomic status of African Americans in the United
States in 1989. The following topics are discussed: (1) the
National Urban League's "Parity 2000" initiative, designed
to secure parity between blacks and whites by the end of
the century; (2) economic status; (3) family problems; (4)
childhood needs; (5) fair housing; (6) parity and political
empowerment; (7) higher education; (8) the black church;
(9) cultural diversity; and (10) drugs. The following
federal policy recommendations are outlined: (1) improve
race relations; (2) develop a viable, self-sustaining
economic base in the black community; (3) expand
educational programs for preschool children and elementary
and secondary school students; (4) ensure health insurance
coverage and access to care for the poor, the elderly, and
the disadvantaged, including new strategies to combat
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); (5) increase
political empowerment through voter registration; (6)
ensure adequate funding for job training and employment
programs and increase the minimum wage; (7) provide
affordable housing; (8) enact a comprehensive child care
plan; (9) appoint judges with a record of racial fairness;
and (10) enact stronger sanctions against South Africa.
Brief biographies of the authors are included. Statistical
data are presented on 33 tables. A chronology of events
promoting black issues in 1988 and a list of 412 notes and
references are appended.
(FMW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Black-Culture; Black-Education; Black
Employment; Black-Power; Blacks-; Black-Youth; Childhood
Needs; Church-Role; Health-Needs; Public-Policy; Research
Reports
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Black-Family; *Quality-of-Life; *Racial
Differences; *Social-Problems; *Socioeconomic-Status
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