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The evolution of African American society has split into two distinct communities, according to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - the privileged and the disenfranchised. Viewed through the lens of four intrinsic elements of the African American experience - Black Hollywood, The Black Elite, The Ghetto, and The New South - gates examines the legacy of the Civil Rights movement since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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