Given Gordon Allport's (1954) Description of the Necessary Preconditions for Contact

question 65

Essay

Given Gordon Allport's (1954) description of the necessary preconditions for contact to reduce prejudice and conflict, why did desegregation efforts as originally enacted fail?

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