Was the ministry an ethnic niche for urban Blacks in the early twentieth century?

Social Science Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-342

  Boyd, Robert L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745843305     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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