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Source: NPR

8-26-14

A Map To The Roots Of Ferguson's Civic Unrest

Historian Colin Gordon says what we need to understand about Ferguson is that it’s got northern-style segregation.

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A Map To The Roots Of Ferguson's Civic Unrest