Research & Studies

Johns Hopkins University Study Finds Huge Racial Gap in Living Donor Kidney Transplants

One third of all people awaiting kidney transplants in the U.S. are African Americans. But in 2011, only 14 percent of patients receiving new kidneys from living donors were African Americans.

The Myth of Black Economic Progress

All the statistics on income, education, and employment exclude the large number of Americans who are incarcerated in prisons and jails, a population that is disproportionately Black.

Study Finds Women’s Magazines Ignore Health Issues of Importance to African Americans

Crystal Lumpkins of the University of Kansas found that the magazines virtually ignored diabetes, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS, major health issues in the Black community.

The Huge Earnings Benefit for Minority Students Who Major in STEM Fields

The study found that Black and other minority students who major in STEM fields earn at least 25 percent more than their peers who majored in humanities or education.

The Changing Face of Residential Segregation

Three professors of geography have produced a new study showing that while racial diversity in American cities has increased in the past two decades, highly diverse neighborhoods are still very rare.

A College Education Provides Major Economic Benefits for Blacks in California

The report found that lifetime earnings for African Americans with a four-year college degree in California have grown 85 percent, after adjusting for inflation, over the past 30 years.

Kansas State University Study Looks at the Gender Aspect of Racial Profiling

White women stopped by police were the most likely group to be let go with only a warning. Black women were just as likely as White men to be ticketed, arrested, or searched.

Harvard Study Finds Lower Education, Not Genetics, Explains Higher Rates of Hypertension Among Blacks

The study showed that blood pressure was significantly lower for Black Americans who had four years of additional education.

Texas Study Finds Race of Teacher Has Little Impact on Black Student Performance

The study examined the academic performance of students at 198 public schools in low-income neighborhoods in the state of Texas.

The Higher Education Payoff for Young African Americans

In 2010, young Blacks with a master's degree had average earnings of $49,100. This is 90.6 percent of the average earnings of young Whites with a master's degree.

Boston University Study Links Low Level of Education With Obesity Among Black Women

The results showed that women whose parents had not completed high school were more likely to become obese than women who had at least one parent who completed college.

University Study Finds That Many Black Women Are Uninformed About Heart Disease

Black and Hispanic women were 66 percent less likely than White women to be aware that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women.

University of Cincinnati Scholar Examines If Clergy Can Help Fight Depression in the Black Community

Research has shown that African Americans are less likely than Whites to acknowledge that they are depressed and are less likely to seek treatment.

Wayne State University Study Finds Heart Disease in 90 Percent of Black Hypertension Patients

For patients who visited an emergency room for non-heart-related reasons, 90 percent of those with hypertension also had heart disease.

Television Viewing Can Negatively Impact the Self-Esteem of Young African Americans

The results found that for Black and White girls and young Black males, their self esteem was lower the more they watched television. But for White males who watched a lot of television, their self-esteem increased.

Racial Bias Found in the Assignment of the Writing of Majority Opinions in State Supreme Court Cases

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

University Study Finds That Exercise Alone Does Little to Prevent Obesity Among Black Girls

Official U.S. government data finds that 39 percent of adult African American women are obese. But new research finds that exercise alone may not be adequate to reduce rates of obesity.

University Study Finds That Families Who Move Tend to Self-Segregate by Race

Study conducted by sociologists at the University of Washington finds that Black and Whites who move tend to end up in neighborhoods with predominantly Black or White residents.

Comparing the Educational Attainment of Foreign-Born and Native-Born Blacks in the U.S.

Some 73 percent of fathers and 53 percent of mothers in Nigerian immigrant families have completed college.

Study Finds Black Children Have High Levels of Flame Retardant Chemicals in Their Systems

Some of the flame retardant chemicals have been banned but they remain in older furniture that is more likely to be owned by low-income and minority families.
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