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The Emergence of the Black Economic Research Center and The Review of Black Political Economy: 1969–1972

verfasst von: John W. Handy

Erschienen in: The Review of Black Political Economy | Ausgabe 2-3/2008

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This essay discusses the legacy of Robert Browne in the founding of the Black Economic Research Center (BERC), The Review of Black Political Economy, and the Caucus of Black Economists and its evolvement into the National Economic Association. The launching of BERC occurred within a period of far-reaching social change and the Vietnam War era. During this time, Robert Browne also was a national leader of the Vietnam anti-war movement and one of the first public intellectuals to establish a link between the civil rights movement and the peace movement. An argument is developed that this background provided as much impetus to Robert Browne for the creation of BERC and The Review as did the black nationalist programs and conferences of that era. During his eleven year tenure as Director at BERC, he pioneered ground-breaking research on the status of black-owned land in the south; consulted with community development corporations, black-owned businesses and banks; and prompted innovations in modern black philanthropy through the establishment of the Twenty-First Century Foundation. The origin and justification for The Review of Black Political Economy and the early activities and meetings of the Caucus and NEA are emphasized. In addition, an effort is made to include an enumeration of the earliest contributors to BERC, the NEA, and The Review — many of whom have not been mentioned in previous retrospectives.

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The tenor of the times and its impact on BERC are discussed in Browne (1993).

See Robert S. Browne, Collected Papers, 1962-1968, 1971, 1975, at Swarthmore College. This five box collection of Robert Browne’s papers covers the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam, proposals for peaceful alternatives to war in Viet Nam, and his involvement with the National Conference of New Politics, the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, the Universities Committee on Problems of War and Peace of Greater New York, and the Ad Hoc Group of 5000 College and University Professors for Viet Nam. See also Robert S. Browne Papers 1957-1995, Box 14, Folders 1–14 at the Schomburg Library, New York, New York. These materials also outline Robert Browne’s role in launching the college teach-in movement in 1965. Among the many people with whom Bob worked in the peace movement were Saul Alinsky, Richard Barnet, Cesar Chavez, Noam Chomsky, William Slone Coffin, Jr., Ivanhoe Donaldson, Douglas Dowd, Dick Gregory, Margaret Meade, Benjamin Spoke, I.F. Stone, and Andrew Young.

Ibid, p.58.

For a more complete description of the Black Manifesto, and the National Black Economic Development Conference see The Review of Black Political Economy 1:1, 1969, pp. 36-44. The Manifesto called for $500 million for reparations to the black community. At the time, this sum was estimated to be $20 per black capita in the United States. Also see the summary from the New York Public Library Digital Library Collections at http://digilibnypl.org/dynaweb/ead/scm/scmgrsbr

Robert Browne. “Institution Building for Urban Revitalization,” The Review of Black Political Economy 10:1 (Fall, 1979) p.36. It is important to note that Bob’s strong, veritably unshakable, position on the preeminence of capital accumulation in economic development came directly from the work of Sir Arthur Lewis. Bob often spoke and wrote of his deep admiration for Arthur Lewis’ work, his prominence in the economics profession and his influence on Bob’s own development as an economist. In Bob’s personal correspondence, he carefully notes every opportunity he had to visit and talk with Arthur Lewis at Princeton. On two occasions, Bob and Glenn Dixon, who was a Princeton economics undergraduate student at the time, talked at length with Dr. Lewis on issues of economic development.

Ibid, p. 34.

The concept of original position as a basis for establishing economic justice is given in Rawles (1971).

Browne. “Institution Building for Urban Revitalization,” p.40. Similar ideas also in “Wealth Distribution and Its Impact on Minorities,” The Review of Black Political Economy 4:4 (Summer, 1974).

See “The Impact of Heir Property on Black Rural Land Tenure in the Southeastern Region of the United States.” Emergency Land Fund, (Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1981). In 1990, the merged entity, The Federation of Southern Cooperatives would successfully lead efforts to pass the First Minority Rights Bill (section 2501) to provide technical assistance to black farmers and would later file the first lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of all black farmers in conjunction with the Farmers Legal Action Group.

Letter to Kirk Sale (9-10-69) indicating follow-through with Jim Forman and Riverside Church. July–Sept, 1969, stemming from the Black Manifesto to the National Council of Churches. Also, Oct. 2, 1969: Further correspondence w/ The Presbytery of New York City within their Church and Society Committee.

Papers of Robert S. Browne. Letter to Lamond Godwin, December 31, 1969. Lamond Godwin would later become a Vice President of American Express Bank and a consultant to Jesse Jackson’s Operation Push. Lamond would also later become a major force on the Board of Trustees of Clark College, his alma mater, and would form with Carl Ware the leadership cadre to oversee the merger of Clark College and Atlanta University to form Clark Atlanta University in 1987.

For example, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has a similar mission statement:“The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies informs and illuminates the nation’s major public policy debates through research, analysis, and information dissemination in order to: improve the socioeconomic status of black Americans and other minorities; expand their effective participation in the political and public policy arenas; and promote communications and relationships across racial and ethnic lines to strengthen the nation’s pluralistic society.”

“Publisher’s Preface to the Inaugural Issue.” The Review of Black Political Economy 1:1, p. iv.

“Publisher’s Preface to the Inaugural Issue.” The Review of Black Political Economy 1:1, pp. iii–iv.

A good discussion on the type of articles investigating systemic barriers in the early editions of The Review can be found in James B. Stewart, “Worker Re-Training and Labor Market Outcomes: A New Focus for Labor Research” Published in The Review of Black Political Economy, 25:4 (spring, 1998) pp. 55–76.

“Menu,” The Review of Black Political Economy, 1:3 (spring, 1971) p. v.

Black Economic Research Center. Only six million acres: the decline of black owned land in the rural south; 1973.

Browne R. Papers of Robert S. Browne 1957–1995. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

Browne R. Collected papers of Robert S. Browne 1962–1968, 1971, 1975. Swarthmore College.

Browne R. Barriers to Black participation in the U.S. economy. Rev Black Polit Econ 1970a;1:2:64–5 (Autumn).

Browne R. What is the Black economic research center. Rev Black Polit Econ 1970b;1:1:117 (Spring/Summer).CrossRef

Browne R. Wealth distribution and its impact on minorities. Rev Black Polit Econ 1974; 4:4 (Summer).

Browne R. Economics and the Black community in America. Rev Black Polit Econ 1975;5:3:310 (Spring).

Browne R. Institution building for urban revitalization. Rev Black Polit Econ 1979;10:1:34–40 (Fall).CrossRef

Browne R. The origin, birth, and adolescence of the review of black political economy and the Black Economic Research Center. Rev Black Polit Econ 1993;21:9–23 (Winter).CrossRef

Browne R. The African American as scholar, economist and activist. In: Boston TD, editor. A different vision: African American economic thought. New York: Routledge; 1996. pp. 49–65.

Caucus of Black Political Economists. Papers of the Caucus. Rev Black Polit Econ 1971;1:4 (Summer).

Emergency Land Fund. The impact of heir property on Black rural land tenure in the southeastern region of the United States. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; 1981.

Rawles J. Theory of justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1971. pp. 12, 141.

Stewart J. Worker re-training and labor market outcomes: a new focus for labor research published in The Review of Black Political Economy 1998;25:4:55–76 (Spring).

Titel: The Emergence of the Black Economic Research Center and The Review of Black Political Economy: 1969–1972
verfasst von: John W. Handy
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2008
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: The Review of Black Political Economy / Ausgabe 2-3/2008
Print ISSN: 0034-6446
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4814
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-008-9022-2

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