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Title: Somewhere between Jim Crow & Post-Racialism: Reflections on the Racial Divide in America Today

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: The year 1965 marked an important inflection point in the struggle for racial justice in the United States, underscoring two fundamental points about race in America. First, that racial inequality and division were not onlySouthern problems attached to Jim Crow segregation. Second, that the nature of those inequalities and divisions was amatter not merely of formal civil status and law, but also of deeply etched economic arrangements, social and politicalconditions, and cultural outlooks and practices. Viewed in full, the racial divide was a challenge of truly nationalreach, multilayered in its complexity and depth. Therefore, the achievement of basic citizenship rights in the Southwas a pivotal but far from exhaustive stage of the struggle.

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Authors: Bobo, Lawrence D.

Periodical (Full): Ddalus

Issue: 2

Volume: 140

Pages: 11-36

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Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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