Glenn C. Loury Brown University Presentation at Conference Honoring the Memory of Prof. John Hope Franklin Duke University, April 2010
Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 34 Reporting a High School Education
Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 34 Reporting a Four-Year College Education
Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 59 Employed; 1968 to 2007
Median Wage and Salary Earnings for Native-Born Non-Hispanics Reporting Earnings
Median Income of Households Headed by Native-Born Non-Hispanics (shown in constant 2007 Dollars)
Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanics Below the Poverty Line; 1968 to 2007
Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Children Under Age 18 Below the Poverty Line; 1968 to 2007
Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Households Owning their Residence HOME OWNERSHIP
Percent of White and Black Wives and Husbands Under Age 30 Married to a Spouse of the Other Race, 1950 to 2007 INTER-RACIAL MARRIAGE
Percent of Children Under Age 18 in Married Couple Families with Parents of Different Races
Incarceration is a Primary Life Experience for Black Men
The Scale of Incarceration Distorts Social Measurement
Incarceration Has Large Impact of Black Children
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?