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The Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) sub-group (comprised of 65 linear feet) contains the records of a sub-unit of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan that was established in 1976. The program is an ongoing collaboration between an interdisciplinary team of social scientists dedicated to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting high quality national data on African Americans and international data on people of African descent in order to inform the creation of effective public policy. Another key goal of the program is to offer research and training opportunities to social scientists and students of color.

This sub-group includes a variety of materials from James S. Jackson, former director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR), who currently serves a six-year term on the National Science Board, the advisory board of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Materials include grant proposals, survey instruments, focus group transcriptions, correspondence, bulletins, and internal governance records created under the auspices of the PRBA and its various projects.