School choice as 'motherwork': Valuing African-American women's educational advocacy and resistance

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 491-512

  Cooper, Camille Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 34547934983     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390601176655     Document Type: Article

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