The effects of the neighborhood legal services program on riots and the wealth of African Americans

RSF

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 144-157

  Cunningham, Jamein P ^a   Gillezeau, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kerner Commission; Legal services; Property values; Riots; War on Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056908042     PISSN: 23778253     EISSN: 23778261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2018.4.6.07     Document Type: Article

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