Black Americans, securing the second reconstruction or will history repeat itself-1877 - 1977? / Sources of special materials / Dissemination of information and special Black collections / Black librarians, archives and Black collections / Preparation of grant proposals for support of special Black collection / Oral tradidtion - a vehicle in education / Research of Black medal of honor recipients and the National Archives / Current projects, directions of future projects and summary of conference / Appendix A. Institute participants -- Appendix B. Reading on preparing grant proposals, and some suggested sources of funds; a bibliography -- Appendix C. Resolution.