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
Subjects:	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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