Residential segregation in metropolitan America has been significantly curtailed in the last 40 years, according to a study by two economics professors.
Nation’s Cities Almost Free Of Segregation, Study Finds
By SAM ROBERTS, New York Times
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 10:42am
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