The Persistence of Vision: Problems With Race After the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.

The article discusses race in the U.S. since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Particular focus is given to the expectations that the aforementioned legislation would address racial problems, the language of race, whites' attitudes towards African America...

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Published in:Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 33 - 46
Main Author: Housel, William
Format: Article
Published: Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Southern Studies Institute Spring/Summer2009
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        United States
        Race & society
        White people
        Race & politics
        Expectation (Psychology)
        Human geography
        African American social conditions
        Minorities
        Sociolinguistics
        Attitude (Psychology)
        Race relations in the United States
        United States history, 1945-
        United States social conditions
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          Race & society
          White people
          Race & politics
          Expectation (Psychology)
          Human geography
          African American social conditions
          Minorities
          Sociolinguistics
          Attitude (Psychology)
          United States
          Race relations in the United States
          United States history, 1945-
          United States social conditions
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