Wake Up and Start to Live An Analysis of a Gallup Poll and a Statistical Profile of African American Men, 1990-2000

by Austin, Bobby William; Gilmore, Brian; McCormick, Joseph P.

• ISBN13: 9780761822707
• ISBN10: 0761822704
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-28
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Wake Up and Start to Live is based upon a poll commissioned by Village Foundation and conducted by the Gallup Organization in March 1999, for the purpose of examining perceptions of U.S. citizens with regard to African-American men in American society.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. v
List of Tables	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Executive Summary	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
An Analysis of Data from a Recent Gallup Survey on Perceptions of African American Males
Model for Understanding Perceptions	p. 3
Social Distance	p. 7
Methodology	p. 13
Major Findings	p. 17
Perceptions of African American Males	p. 39
Measures of Agreement	p. 51
Perceptions of Safety	p. 57
Contact with Various Racial Groups and Community Treatment of African American Males	p. 63
Characteristics of Success	p. 69
Important Issues and Suggestions for African American Males	p. 73
Other Issues	p. 75
Ways to Repair the Breach	p. 79
A Statistical Profile on African American Men, 1990-2000
Executive Summary	p. 89
Introduction and Methodology	p. 95
Detailed Analysis and Findings	p. 97
Additional Updates	p. 153
Notes	p. 163
References	p. 165
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