The limits of out-migration for the black middle class

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-241

  Pattillo McCoy, Mary ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034403448     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0735-2166.00054     Document Type: Article

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