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| | Press Release: Kenneth Jackson to Probe Race, Class in Columbia Talks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Kenneth T. Jackson, the historian, will examine the reasons for residential segregation by race and class in American cities and suburbs when he delivers three lectures Oct. 14, 21, and 28 at Columbia University. |
 | | Professor Jackson will focus on the very different circumstances of Newark, N.J., Darien and New Canaan, Conn., and White Plains, N.Y. "Our society somehow assumes that such developments are natural and inevitable, when in fact they occurred because of specific public policy decisions," said Dr. Jackson. |
 | | Chairman of Columbia's Department of History, Professor Jackson is editor of the best-selling and critically acclaimed The Encyclopedia of New York City. |
| www.ccnmtl.columbia.edu /cu/pr/96_99/18954.html (484 words) |
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