Following a False Trail: The Hunt for White Backlash in Kentucky’s 1996 Desegregation Vote

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-80

  Voss, D Stephen ^a   Miller, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0037976191     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000100100105     Document Type: Article

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