Asserting the political self: Community activism among black women who relocate to the rural south

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-84

  Mele, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0034342825     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2000.tb02366.x     Document Type: Article

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