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Confronting the Legacy of “Separate but Equal”: Can the History of Race, Real Estate, and Discrimination Engage and Inform Contemporary Policy?

Jason Reece
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2021, 7 (1) 110-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.1.07
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aAssistant professor of city and regional planning at the Knowlton School, Ohio State University, United States
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