The Black Church as a Resource for Change

The Black Family: Strengths, Self-Help, and Positive Change, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 181-192

  Brashears, Freda ^a   Roberts, Margaret ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Second Baptist Church   (United States)

^c St Paul s public schools   (United States)

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EID: 33750258170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429494574-14     Document Type: Chapter

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