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The Law and Significance of Plessy

john a. powell
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2021, 7 (1) 20-31; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.1.02
john a. powell
aRobert D. Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity and Inclusion, professor of law, African American studies, and ethnic studies, and director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, United States
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