Black women beating the odds from one generation to the next: How the changing dynamics of constraint and opportunity affect the process of educational resilience

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 855-903

  O'Connor, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black achievement, educational resilience, gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037005124     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312039004855     Document Type: Review

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