"Speaking up" and "speaking out": Examining "voice" in a reading/writing program with adolescent African Caribbean girls

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-252

  Henry, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0007554685     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862969809547997     Document Type: Article

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