1220 - The Philadelphia Negro Then and Now: Implications for Survey Based Research on Blacks in the United States

Session Submission Type: Regional Spotlight Session

Description

The goal of this session will be to bring together scholars across the social sciences to honor the scholarly contributions of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois’s, The Philadelphia Negro. Panelists will not only expand our understanding of the importance of Du Bois's work, but also discuss the prospects and limitations of using population based survey data to examine blacks’ life chances in the United States.

Sub Unit

• Regional Spotlight Sessions

Session Organizer

• Ryon J. Cobb, University of Southern California

Presider

• Ryon J. Cobb, University of Southern California

Panelists

• Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania

• Quincy Thomas Stewart, Northwestern University

• Evelyn Joy Patterson, Vanderbilt University

• Thomas A. LaVeist, Johns Hopkins University

• Darrick Hamilton, The New School