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Locked In The Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States
Locked In The Poorhouse Cities Race and Poverty in the United States
Author: Fred R. Harris
Thirty years ago President Johnson convened the Kerner Commission to examine the reasons why race riots were rampant. The commission concluded that the U.S. was moving towards two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal. Today, poverty in America is worse than in 1968. In the midst of a U.S. economic boom, the country is resegrega...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780847691357
ISBN-10: 0847691357
Publication Date: 2/25/1999
Pages: 188
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
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