%0 Journal Article %T Some Observations about Leaders in the Black Community %A Joseph S. Himes %J Sociation Today %D 2010 %I North Carolina Sociological Association %X In a paper not previously published, the founding president of the North Carolina Sociological Association explores changing leadership styles among black leaders. By the 1960s, when this paper was written as a thought piece, leadership patterns had changed from those embeded in local institutions towards leaders who could master complex legal issues. Four leadership styles are found and discussed. %K African-American %K public sociology %K leadership %K elites %K institutions %K black sociology %K race relations %U http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v82/leader.htm