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The Economy of Literacy: How the Supreme Court Stalled the Civil Rights Movement

Catherine Prendergast
Harvard Educational Review July 2002, 72 (2) 206-230; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.72.2.l8112t70x6klx6j0
Catherine Prendergast
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