African Americans and land loss in Texas: Government duplicity and discrimination based on race and class

Agricultural History

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 258-293

  Reid, Debra A ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CIVIL RIGHTS; RACISM;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037793324     PISSN: 00021482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ah.2003.77.2.258     Document Type: Article

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