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STALLED DESEGREGATION AND THE MYTH OF RACIAL EQUALITY IN THE U.S. LABOR MARKET

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2014

Rashawn Ray
Rashawn Ray*
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Department of Sociology, University of Maryland
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Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Fall 2014 , pp. 477 - 487
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Copyright © Hutchins Center for African and African American Research 2014 

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