[Review of] Vernon J. Williams. From a Caste to a Minority: Changing Attitudes of American Sociologists Towards Afro-Americans

Authors

Cary D. Wintz

Orginal Publication Date

1992

Journal Title

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Volume

12

Issue

ess/vol12/iss1

First Page

66

Last Page

68

Abstract

Attitudes towards specific racial minorities have been central to the history of the United States. These attitudes have influenced the development of social and cultural institutions, they have determined the structure of our communities, and they have affected our laws and our politics. Given the centrality of race in American culture, it is surprising that until the second half of the twentieth century there was little effort to examine systematically the role of race in US history, or to examine changing attitudes towards race; and the efforts that were made rarely made it into the mainstream of American historiography.

Rights

Copyright, ​©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1992