Black church arson in the United States, 1989-1996

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 724-742

  Soule, Sarah A ^a   Van Dyke, Nella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arson; Black Church; Competition theory; Hate crimes

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC MINORITY; RACISM; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032876582     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198799329369     Document Type: Article

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