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Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American South
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It is customary to open with a remark about how long this study has taken, but the present work may approach an all- time record. My interest in the American South, and in the connection between the race issue and economics, goes back to the summer of 1963, when I traveled to Warren County, North Carolina— a black- majority, tobacco belt county in the northeastern part of the state— to join a voter registration project sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. Our interracial group of college students was warmly welcomed by the local black community, and by the end of the summer we felt we had made some progress in laying a foundation for more ambitious registration drives in the future. But we had no sense that revolutionary change was imminent in the South. As wholesome as our efforts were, the deeper problems seemed to be economic in nature, specifi cally the decline in farming and an absence of opportunities for young people, who were then leaving the region in large numbers. My realization that I had little understanding of the underlying issues was an important factor in my decision to pursue graduate study in economics
Gavin Wright - Personal Name
1st Edition
978- 0- 674- 04933-
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Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American South
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English
Harvard University Press
2013
London
1-363
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