This story was originally published by ProPublica. Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer ...

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Part I. Ancestries : Seventy centuries of city-splitting : Before race mattered ; The long shadow of the Ziggurat ; Segregating strangers ; Scapegoat ghettos ; Quarters for classes, crafts, clans, ...