Family life and school experience: Factors in the racial identity development of Black youth in White communities

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-135

  Tatum, Beverly Daniel ^a  

^a SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; EDUCATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MULTICULTURALISM; RACE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842759622     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4537.2004.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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