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All Our Kin: Strategies For Survival In A Black Community

"This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm"

Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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