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Leland Ware – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2021
"Plessy v. Ferguson" provided the foundation for a system of segregation and exclusion that adversely affected African Americans throughout the twentieth century. Segregation was perpetuated by federal policies. During the 1940s and 1950s, the federal government facilitated the construction of suburban communities with Veterans…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Government, Government Role, Racial Segregation