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Racial apartheid in a small North Carolina town

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Johnson, J.H., Parnell, A., Joyner, A.M. et al. Racial apartheid in a small North Carolina town. Rev Black Polit Econ 31, 89–107 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-004-1012-4

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