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McConnell, Eileen Diaz; Miraftab, Faranak – Rural Sociology, 2009
For more than a century, communities across the United States legally employed strategies to create and maintain racial divides. One particularly widespread and effective practice was that of "sundown towns," which signaled to African Americans and others that they were not welcome within the city limits after dark. Though nearly 1,000…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Municipalities, Racial Segregation, Residential Patterns
Schilit, Jeffrey; Nimnicht, Glen – 1990
This study was conducted to gather more definitive information about aliens who were newly legalized under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Two groups of eligible legal aliens were interviewed in Florida: those residing in the United States before 1982 (PRE-82s) and special agricultural workers (SAWs). The 1,300 subjects were asked…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Economic Status