The understanding of race and the construction of African American identity

Western Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-88

  Sanders Thompson, Vetta L ^a   Akbar, Maysa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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