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Did the Second Reconstruction Fail? Social Disadvantage of African Americans: 1968 - 2008

Did the Second Reconstruction Fail? Social Disadvantage of African Americans: 1968 - 2008. Glenn C. Loury Brown University Presentation at Conference Honoring the Memory of Prof. John Hope Franklin Duke University, April 2010. Educational Attainment.

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Did the Second Reconstruction Fail? Social Disadvantage of African Americans: 1968 - 2008

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  1. Did the Second Reconstruction Fail?Social Disadvantage of African Americans: 1968 - 2008 Glenn C. Loury Brown University Presentation at Conference Honoring the Memory of Prof. John Hope Franklin Duke University, April 2010

  2. Educational Attainment

  3. Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 34 Reporting a High School Education

  4. Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 34 Reporting a Four-Year College Education

  5. Employment, Earnings and Family incomes

  6. Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 59 Employed; 1968 to 2007

  7. Median Wage and Salary Earnings for Native-Born Non-Hispanics Reporting Earnings

  8. Median Income of Households Headed by Native-Born Non-Hispanics (shown in constant 2007 Dollars)

  9. Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanics Below the Poverty Line; 1968 to 2007

  10. Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Children Under Age 18 Below the Poverty Line; 1968 to 2007

  11. Other indicators OF AFRICAN AMERICAN’S social status

  12. HOME OWNERSHIP Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Households Owning their Residence

  13. INTER-RACIAL MARRIAGE Percent of White and Black Wives and Husbands Under Age 30 Married to a Spouse of the Other Race, 1950 to 2007

  14. Percent of Children Under Age 18 in Married Couple Families withParents of Different Races

  15. The Incarceration Explosion: Locking-in Racial Inequality

  16. Incarceration is a Primary Life Experience for Black Men

  17. The Scale of Incarceration Distorts Social Measurement

  18. Incarceration Has Large Impact of Black Children

  19. MORE GENERALLY, DOES THE PERSISTENCE AND SEEMING PERMANENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE SIGNAL A FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE OF THE “SECOND RECONSTRUCTION”? AND, IF SO, WHAT WOULD THIS IMPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF RACIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY IN AMERICA?

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