Duty to the race: African American fraternal orders and the legal defense of the right to organize

Social Science History

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-534

  Liazos, Ariane ^a   Ganz, Marshall ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4644298821     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-28-3-485     Document Type: Article

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