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Download full textNational Urban League, Inc., New York, NY. – 1992
The National Urban League convened its third annual Youth Conference in San Diego (California) in July 1992. Of the more than 200 young attendees, 137 completed the survey that is the basis of this analysis. It examines the attitudes of young African Americans regarding academic achievement, peer-group relations, and social issues. Demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Beliefs, Blacks
Peer reviewedSwanson, Dena Philips; Spencer, Margaret Beale – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Social and governmental policies have attempted to improve the lives of children in poverty, but negative outcomes continue for African-American youth. Policy and programs for youth must be sensitive to developmental processes, racial and ethnic affiliation, and the environmental structures that put students at risk. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth
