
- 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