The Stunning Economic Impact of the Civil Rights Movement

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Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The civil-rights revolution of the1960s is now firmly embedded in American civic culture, aninspiring story of courage in the face of violent oppression andage-old injustices finally set right.

Less well-known is that the demand for economic justice wasone of the most successful and enduring features of thatmovement.