Racial Injustices in U.S. History and Their Legacy
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2007
Editor(s)
Michael T. Marin & Marilyn Yaquinto
Publisher
Duke University Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
This essay concerns the creation of racial hierarchy in the United States, its perpetuation, and its persisting consequences. The "racial junctures" are brief periods of U.S. history in which decisions were made that profoundly affected racial stratification.
Recommended Citation
David B. Lyons,
Racial Injustices in U.S. History and Their Legacy
,
in
Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow and Their Legacies
33
(Michael T. Marin & Marilyn Yaquinto ed.,
2007).
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