Can anything good come from Nazareth? Race, class, and African American schooling and community in the Urban South and midwest

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-112

  Morris, Jerome E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African American schools; Black community; Desegregation; Race; Urban educational reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142711584     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312041001069     Document Type: Review

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