Framing Supreme Court decisions: The mainstream versus the Black press

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 784-800

  Clawson, Rosalee A ^a   Strine IV, Harry C ^a   Waltenburg, Eric N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Black press; Mass media; Supreme Court

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244223798     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934703033006004     Document Type: Article

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