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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bell Derrick A.
Faces at the bottom of the well: the permanence of
racism/by Derrick Bell.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-465-06814-6

1. Racism-- United States. 2. United States--Race relations.
3. Afro-Americans--Civil rights. I. Title.

E185.615.B395 1992

305.8′00973--dc20 91-59020

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