Conference, October 22-24, 1999: The Great Transition -- African Americans in the Postbellum Southern Economy and the Early Twentieth Century Northern Economy

该项目的目标是组织一次为期两天的会议，将一直在研究非裔美国人在南北战争后南方的经济状况的研究人员与一直在研究非裔美国人在世纪初北方的经济状况的研究人员聚集在一起。会议将探讨这两个研究领域之间的联系，以增加对非洲裔美国人在解放和第二次世界大战期间的经济进步的理解。历史学家和经济学家都将参加这次会议，包括来自历史上黑人大学的非洲裔美国学者。会上提交的论文将阐述这些领域的最新研究成果，并将编入经编辑的会议文集。

The objective of this project is organize a two-day conference to bring together researchers who have been studying how African Americans fared economically in the postbellum South with researchers who have been studying how African Americans fared in the early twentieth century North. The conference will explore links between these two areas of research in order to increase understanding of the economic progress of African Americans during the period between Emancipation and World War II. Both historians and economists will be participating in the conference, including African-American scholars from the historically black colleges. The papers presented at the conference will set out the latest research findings in these areas and will be included in an edited conference volume.