'Invisible' and 'Womanish': Black girls negotiating their lives in an African-centered school in the USA

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-170

  Henry, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0007470926     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1361332980010202     Document Type: Article

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