Date of Award
1978
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Villemez, Wayne J.
Abstract
The paper integrates the internal colonial model with the dual labor market perspective. Using data from the 1960 and 1970 Censuses, it assesses the impact of Civil Rights legislation on the education, income, and occupation distributions of black males. The findings are that the increase in blacks with college degrees has resulted in black males moving at a disproportionately high rate into upper level occupations such as professional, technical, management, and administrative occupations. This may be contributing to the growing inequality of income among blacks that has been noted in the literature. It also supports the position that the benefits from Civil Rights legislation will be greatest for blacks who were already relatively well off.
Extent
72 p.
Recommended Citation
WISWELL, CANDACE HINSON, "RISING BLACK ELITE: A MODEL AND AN ASSESSMENT OF CHANGE WITHIN THE BLACK MALE POPULATION FROM 1960 TO 1970" (1978). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 654.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/654
Identifier
FADT13945
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters