The suburban origins of "color blind" conservatism: Middle-class consciousness in the Charlotte busing crisis

Journal of Urban History

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-582

  Lassiter, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Busing; Charlotte; Grassroots politics; Segregation; Suburbs suburban; Sunbelt

Indexed keywords

RACIAL SEGREGATION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN HOUSING;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342518185     PISSN: 00961442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096144204263812     Document Type: Article

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