Association of Black Sociologists

Content Description The papers of sociologist and professor James E. Conyers consist of biographical information, correspondence, material related to the Black Caucus of the American Sociologists Association, articles written by Conyers and collected articles of various aspects of sociological aspects of African American life, programs, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera and collected publications, statistical information on African Americans in Fulton County, Georgia, in 1965 and 1966, correspondence and...

Content Description Dr. James L. Conyers, Jr. is the Chair of the Department of Black Studies and Associate Professor of Black Studies and Sociology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His papers include his dissertation entitled "An Evaluative and Descriptive Analysis of Selected African American Studies Departments and Programs," submitted to Temple University in 1991; a syllabus from one of his classes on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X; as well as academic certificates and some personal...

Content Description This collection largely reflects Wornie Reed’s involvement with the Association of Black Sociologists, including his presidency of that organization in 2000 and 2001. Materials include executive committee correspondence and meeting minutes, budgets and financial reports, and newsletters. A substantial portion of this collection documents Reed’s involvement with the National Congress of Black Faculty, for which he served as president from 1990 to 1992; these materials include newsletters and...