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Sharing the Prize

The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American South

Gavin Wright

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ISBN 9780674980402

Publication Date: 02/05/2018

368 pages

2 halftones, 3 maps, 47 graphs, 16 tables

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Gavin Wright is William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University.

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At Bloomberg View, read Gavin Wright’s essay on the major economic benefits that resulted from the 1965 Voting Rights Act
At The American Prospect, read an interview with Wright on the importance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—which was rejected on June 25, 2013 by the U.S. Supreme Court
Read an excerpt from Sharing the Prize at PopMatters
Read Wright’s contribution to a New York Times “Room for Debate” forum on whether the nation’s courts or its legislatures are the best targets for social justice activism
At Bloomberg View, read Wright’s overview of the economic dimension to the campaigns for equal treatment of blacks as consumers
Watch Wright discuss his research at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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