The Atlantic - 09.2019

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80 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ATLANTIC and segregation, many realities never changed. The engine of white wealth built on kleptocracy— w ...

THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 2019 81 in a segregated transportation company. These men were less patient, more defiant, and in many wa ...

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