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Separate and Unequal: Black Americans and the Us Federal Government
Separate and Unequal Black Americans and the Us Federal Government Author:Desmond King Segregation in Federal government agencies and programmes has been little appreciated as a key trait of American race elations in the decades before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Federal government used its power to impose a segregated pattern of race relations among its employees and, through its programmes, upon the whole of American soci... more »ety well beyond the Mason-Dixon line. Using extensive and original archival sources, King documents how instead of thwarting segregated race relations, the Federal government participated in their maintenance and diffusion.« less