Blacks in the White Elite: Will the Progress Continue?
- ISBN-10
- 0742516210
- ISBN-13
- 9780742516212
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 211
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Authors
- G. William Domhoff, Richard L. Zweigenhaft
Description
Shows why America is at a crucial juncture in relations between blacks and whites, when advances made since the Civil Rights Movement could either continue or retrench, depending on the decisions made by our governments, communities, and schools.
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- 2003-08-01
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