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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
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10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
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Also Known As Jessie Shirley Ravitch
Born June 8, 1903 • Minneapolis • Minnesota
Died October 6, 1996 (aged 93) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Subjects Of Study African Americans • family • marriage • role
Ernest Watson Burgess
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William Julius Wilson
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Robert E. Park.
Robert E. Park
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E. Franklin Frazier.
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Charles Spurgeon Johnson
Charles Spurgeon Johnson
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Otis Dudley Duncan
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Howard W. Odum
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Gunnar Myrdal in 1974
Gunnar Myrdal
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Frédéric Le Play
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Edward Westermarck
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Frederick O’Neal
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Jimmy Jam
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Cedar Walton
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Ruben Studdard
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June Pointer
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