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| Association of Black Sociologists | |
|---|---|
| Name | Association of Black Sociologists |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Membership | Scholars, activists |
Association of Black Sociologists is a scholarly organization formed to promote the interests of African-descended scholars within sociology and to advance research on Black communities and social life. Founded amid the activism of the late 1960s and early 1970s alongside movements connected to Black Power movement, Civil Rights Movement, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Black Panther Party, and institutional changes at Howard University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College, the organization emerged as an alternative venue to mainstream bodies such as the American Sociological Association, Russell Sage Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation. Its formation intersected with events at Watts Riots, policy debates following the Kerner Commission, and scholarly work influenced by scholars associated with University of Chicago, Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale University, and University of California, Berkeley.
The organization's history traces to meetings among scholars influenced by figures like W. E. B. Du Bois, E. Franklin Frazier, C. Vann Woodward, St. Clair Drake, Earl Wright, and Oliver Cromwell Cox and shaped by institutions including Howard University, Fisk University, Tuskegee University, Clark Atlanta University, and North Carolina A&T State University. Early organizers responded to exclusion from panels at the American Sociological Association meetings and sought alliances with groups such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Urban League, and student organizations like Students for a Democratic Society and Congress of Racial Equality. The group’s archival records document correspondence with funders including Carnegie Corporation and scholars at Colgate University, Princeton University, Stanford University, and University of Michigan.
The stated mission emphasizes scholarship on African-descended populations, mentorship, and advocacy, aligning with the intellectual legacies of W. E. B. Du Bois, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Booker T. Washington, and Marcus Garvey. Goals include producing research that informs policy debates involving legislators tied to Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and legal decisions like Brown v. Board of Education; supporting faculty at institutions such as Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, and University of Chicago; and fostering relationships with organizations including American Sociological Association, National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and Ford Foundation.
Membership comprises faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars affiliated with departments at Howard University, Temple University, Rutgers University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Texas at Austin, and community colleges. The governing structure typically includes an executive board with presidents drawn from scholars affiliated with Columbia University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland, College Park, Boston University, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; committees focused on publications, conferences, and student affairs coordinate with partners like Phi Beta Kappa and the Council on Undergraduate Research.
Programs include mentorship initiatives modeled after programs at Spelman College and Morehouse College, dissertation workshops reflecting practices from Sociological Research Association and summer institutes like those at Russell Sage Foundation, and public sociology projects in collaboration with NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Urban League, PolicyLink, and local community organizations in cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.. The organization has run training tied to grantmakers such as National Institutes of Health, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and partnered with journals published by presses including Oxford University Press and University of California Press.
The association supports periodicals and edited volumes that build on the intellectual work of E. Franklin Frazier, St. Clair Drake, William Julius Wilson, Patricia Hill Collins, Cornel West, Ira Katznelson, and Kimberlé Crenshaw. Its publication outlets have included newsletters, bulletins, and peer-reviewed journals circulated alongside titles like American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Du Bois Review, Journal of African American History, and monographs from university presses such as University of Chicago Press and Harvard University Press.
Annual meetings provide forums for paper sessions, workshops, and roundtables attracting scholars from Princeton University, Yale University, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Indiana University Bloomington, and international collaborators from University of Cape Town, University of the West Indies, and University of Lagos. Events often coincide with panels at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, symposia tied to foundations like Ford Foundation and Mellon Foundation, and commemorations of figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and Angela Davis.
The organization has influenced hiring, curriculum, and research agendas at institutions such as Howard University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, University of Michigan, Columbia University, and University of California, Berkeley and contributed to policymaking discussions involving actors like Congressional Black Caucus, U.S. Department of Education, and civil rights litigators associated with NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Its members have shaped debates in areas addressed by scholars including William Julius Wilson, Patricia Hill Collins, Cornel West, Angela Davis, and Michele Lamont, and have contributed to public history projects at museums such as Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and archival collections at Library of Congress.
Category:Sociological organizations