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Plessy’s Legacy: The Government’s Role in the Development and Perpetuation of Segregated Neighborhoods

Leland Ware
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2021, 7 (1) 92-109; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.1.06
Leland Ware
aRedding Professor for the Study of Law and Public Policy at the University of Delaware, United States
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    • SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL
    • PLESSY AND THE BETRAYAL OF RECONSTRUCTION
    • THE SPREAD OF SEGREGATION
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    • REVERSE REDLINING AND GHETTO LOANS
    • SEPARATE NEIGHBORHOODS PERPETUATE SEGREGATED SCHOOLS
    • URBAN RENEWAL AND “NEGRO REMOVAL”
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