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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-01 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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Pages: 368
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Ralph argues that the new push for equality, exemplified by the Chicago Freedom Movement, actually undermined popular support for the civil rights movement and
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Pages: 352
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