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Infographic: From the Civil Rights Era to the Present

Although our nation has made great progress since the civil rights era, the struggle for economic opportunity and equality in America continues.

Joy Moses is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Poverty and Prosperity program at the Center for American Progress.

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