Racial diversity on ACORN's organizing staff, 1970-2003

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-48

  Brooks, Fred ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACORN; Community organizing; Cultural diversity; Diversity management; Racial diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846171227     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v31n01_03     Document Type: Article

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