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Acting for a Good Society: Racism and Black Liberation in the Longue Durée

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Bush, R. (2007). Acting for a Good Society: Racism and Black Liberation in the Longue Durée . In: Vera, H., Feagin, J.R. (eds) Handbooks of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70845-4_18

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