Feeling the pain of my people: Hurricane Katrina, racial inequality, and the psyche of black America

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-538

  White, Ismail K ^a   Philpot, Tasha S ^a   Wylie, Kristin ^a   McGowen, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Governmental neglect; Group consciousness; Hurricane Katrina; Racial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846969600     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934706296191     Document Type: Article

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