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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

Bibliographic Details Author: Ira Katznelson Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Year: 2005 Thesis Statement Katznelson’s landmark study argues that the central policy achievements of the Progressive Era and New Deal—often celebrated as universal and race-neutral—were systematically designed to exclude African … Continue reading

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