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Measuring the Distance: The Legacy of the Kerner Report

Rick Loessberg, John Koskinen
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2018, 4 (6) 99-119; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.6.05
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