Scope and arrangement
The National Research Council Committee on the Status of Black Americans Working Papers consists of thirty-three essays prepared by prominent scholars in several fields as background for the publication, A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society (National Academy Press, 1989). Although thirty-six papers were commissioned, three were not given to the Schomburg Center because they were not deposited with the NAS. Correspondence and other administrative material are located in the National Academy of Sciences archives.
Arrangement
Arranged al;phabetically by author's last name.