"Ladies" or "loudies?": Perceptions and experiences of black girls in classrooms

Youth and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 490-515

  Morris, Edward W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American girls; Educational discipline; Intersectionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249669151     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X06296778     Document Type: Article

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