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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
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Robert E. Park.
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E. Franklin Frazier.
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Howard W. Odum
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Gunnar Myrdal in 1974
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