"Making democracy real": Teacher union and community activism to promote diversity in the New York City public schools, 1935-1950

Urban Education

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Johnson, Lauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 18744388369     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085902238674     Document Type: Article

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