• 1969 Ph.D. Anthropology; University of Arizona
  • 1955 MA Anthropology; Columbia University
  • 1952 BA Sociology; Roosevelt University
  • 1977-1979 – First president of the Association of Black Anthropologists, Coordinated first ABA Directory on Black Anthropologists.
  • 1980 Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to Anthropology (ABA).
  • Dissertation: Aspects of Inter