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  • Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation

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  • Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation

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  • Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

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  • Imagining Black America

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  • A New Look at Black Families

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    Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother

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