Interracial friendship and African American attitudes about interracial marriage

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 570-584

  Jacobson, Cardell K ^a   Johnson, Bryan R ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Friendship; Interracial marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645747162     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934705277472     Document Type: Article

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