Restrictions to Access

Portions of this collection are CLOSED to research. See the container list for more detail. These materials must be screened for confidential materials before they can be accessed. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. Please be advised that screening materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the William "Sandy" Darity Jr. Papers #4626, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from William A. Darity, Jr., of Chapel Hill, N.C., in August 1992, December 1992 (Acc. 93023), March 1993 (Acc. 93045), August 1993 (Acc. 93115), August 1994 (Acc. 94111), February 2003 (Acc. 99431), November 2003 (Acc. 99665), July 2004 (Acc. 99858), October 2005 (100228), April 2006 (Acc. 100374), June 2007 (Acc. 100687), July 2009 (Acc. 101208), and April 2011 (Acc. 101811).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: SHC Staff, 1992-2007; Amy Morgan, April 2018, July 2018; Allison Thompson and Rebecca Stubbs, December 2019

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, January 2003

Revisions by: Jaime Margalotti, July 2004; Jackie Dean, June 2007; Jodi Berkowitz, April 2018 and July 2018; Nancy Kaiser, December 2019

Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

Processing Note: In the boxes that are open to researchers, Technical Services archivists have removed confidential educational and personnel records protected by federal and state laws and other materials containing personally identifying numbers (i.e. social security numbers). Materials removed include, but are not limited to, graded student assignments, student recommendation materials, tenure review packets, employment candidate portfolios, and other related employment application materials.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• African American college teachers--North Carolina.
• African Americans--Economic conditions.
• Darity, William A., Jr., 1953-
• Economics--Study and teaching.

William A. ("Sandy") Darity, Jr. (1953- ) is an African American economist and researcher. He is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. His research interests include the racial achievement gap; inequality by race, class, and ethnicity; and social and economic policy as they relate to race and ethnicity, among other issues.

The collection chiefly consists of professional correspondence and other professional papers, including writings, grant proposals, conference-related materials, and other papers relating to Darity's research, largely focused on the racial achievement gap; inequality by race, class, and ethnicity; and social and economic policy as they relate to race and ethnicity.

The addition of July 2009 is similar in content to earlier accessions to this collection. Correspondence, grant proposals, conference-related materials, and other papers document Darity's scholarly research on family and education, mentorship, involvement in the arts, and awards and recognition. Other topics noted include reparations and Barack Obama's election and presidency.