CHANGING RACIAL LABELS: FROM "COLORED" TO "NEGRO" TO "BLACK" TO "AFRICAN AMERICAN"

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Title CHANGING RACIAL LABELS: FROM "COLORED" TO "NEGRO" TO "BLACK" TO "AFRICAN AMERICAN"

Author(s) TOM W. SMITH, TOM w. SMITH is director, General Social Survey, NORC. This research was done for the Genera) Social Survey Project directed by James A. Davis and Tom W. Smith. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation, grant SES-87-18467. The author thanks Lawrence Bobo and A. Wade Smith for their comments.

Identifiers Public Opinion Quarterly, volume 56, page 496

Copyright © 1992, the American Association for Public Opinion Research

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Title	CHANGING RACIAL LABELS: FROM "COLORED" TO "NEGRO" TO "BLACK" TO "AFRICAN AMERICAN"
Author(s)	TOM W. SMITH, TOM w. SMITH is director, General Social Survey, NORC. This research was done for the Genera) Social Survey Project directed by James A. Davis and Tom W. Smith. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation, grant SES-87-18467. The author thanks Lawrence Bobo and A. Wade Smith for their comments.
Identifiers	Public Opinion Quarterly, volume 56, page 496
Copyright	© 1992, the American Association for Public Opinion Research
Availability	Other sites: JSTOR [No subscription required for AAPOR members] *

				D. Murthy A South Asian American diasporic aesthetic community?: Ethnicity and New York City's 'Asian electronic music' scene Ethnicities, June 1, 2007; 7(2): 225 - 247. [Abstract] [PDF]

				L. Sigelman, S. A. Tuch, and J. K. Martin What's in a Name?: Preference for "Black" versus "African-American" among Americans of African Descent Public Opin Q, September 1, 2005; 69(3): 429 - 438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Mucchi-Faina Visible or influential? Language reforms and gender (in)equality Social Science Information, March 1, 2005; 44(1): 189 - 215. [Abstract] [PDF]

				P. L. Hylton and H. Miller Now That We've Found Love What Are We Gonna Do with It?: A Narrative Understanding of Black Identity Theory Psychology, June 1, 2004; 14(3): 373 - 408. [Abstract] [PDF]

				A. Neal The Naming: A Conceptualization of an African American Connotative Struggle Journal of Black Studies, September 1, 2001; 32(1): 50 - 65. [PDF]

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				R. J. Burby Heavy Industry, People, and Planners: New Insights on an Old Issue Journal of Planning Education and Research, September 1, 1999; 19(1): 15 - 25. [Abstract] [PDF]