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| Lang, Clarence Black America in the Shadow of the Sixties: Notes on the Civil Rights Movement, Neoliberalsim, and Politics. 2015 |
Roediger, David Class, Race and Marxism. 2017. |
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Chappell, Ben Lowrider Space:Aesthetics and Politics of MexicanAmerican Custom Cars. University of Texas Press, 2013. |
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| Jelks, Randal Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement. University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Winner: 2013 BCALA Literary Award, Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Winner: 2013 Lillian Smith Book Award. |
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Abandoned in the Heartland: Work, Family, and Living in East St. Louis. University of California Press, 2011. |
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Mexican American Baseball in Kansas City
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