Pro-black doesn't mean anti-white: The structure of African-American group identity

Journal of Politics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 363-386

  Herring, Mary ^a   Jankowski, Thomas B ^a   Brown, Ronald E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033130462     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2647508     Document Type: Article

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