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ESEA and the Civil Rights Act: An Interbranch Approach to Furthering Desegregation

Erica Frankenberg, Kendra Taylor
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2015, 1 (3) 32-49; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.3.02
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aAssociate professor, Pennsylvania State University
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