Description: he Association of Black Sociologists is committed to scholarship, mentoring, service, and social justice. ABS Mission Our mission is to build a tradition of scholarship and service, informed by the interests of historically disenfranchised groups in general and Black/African American people in particular. Key ABS Objectives Enhance the transmission of sociological knowledge to Black and other historically disenfranchised groups; Provide perspectives for the analysis of the experiences of Blacks and other minority groups as well as knowledge for understanding and resolving the varied problems these groups confront; Stimulate and improve the quality of sociological research, teaching, and service; Promote a substantial increase in the numbers of professionally trained Black/minority sociologists and encourage their active participation in all areas of sociology; Promote the individual and collective interests of Black/minority sociologists; and Protect the professional rights and safeguard the civil rights of Black/minority sociologists against repression that may arise from their epistemological perspectives and/or activities related to the aforementioned objectives.
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