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Ep. 2344 Gene Epstein Wins the Ultimate Libertarian Debate

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The Rise of Blacks in Professional, Technical and Similar High Level Positions

In the period from 1954 to 1964, the number of blacks in professional, technical and similar high level positions more than doubled. In other kinds of occupations, the advance of blacks was even greater during the 1940s when there was little or no civil rights policy. If one takes into account the growing black population by looking at percentages instead of absolute numbers, it becomes even clearer that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented no acceleration in trends that had been going on for many years.

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