Welcome to the [tbg] Website
The specific Purpose of The Black Group (tbg) is to increase human and material resources for people of African descent.
The purpose of tbg is to conduct research on the principal concerns of African-descended peoples and to disseminate the results of that research by the widest possible means.
TBG develops its research products and disseminates them in the widest forms, including but not limited to: articles, books, occasional papers, brochures, op. ed. pieces, videos, audiotapes, cds, email, websites, and spoken presentations.
As part of its ongoing work, tbg will produce a Calendar of Sacramento Black Achievers; and the Sacramento Black Pages, listing Sacramento organizations and businesses.
TBG is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public and charitable purposes.
In the 2,000 census, the County of Sacramento had the following racial distribution:
- Black 10% 121,804
- White 64% 783,240
- Asian 11% 134,899
- Latino 16% 195,890
The City of Sacramento had the following distribution:
- Black 15.5% 62,968
- White 48.3% 196,549
- Asian 16.6% 67,635
- Latino 21.6% 87,974
For the U.S. the Black population was described as: 12.3% of the national population 34,658,100
For people who identified as Black + some other racial i.d.: 12.9% of the national population 36,419,434
