Brown in black and white-then and now: A question of educating or sporting African American males in America

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 928-952

  Hodge, Samuel R ^a   Harrison Jr , Louis ^b   Burden Jr , Joe W ^c   Dixson, Adrienne D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown vs. Board of Education; Critical race theory; Education; Sports; Student athlete

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949144511     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764207311998     Document Type: Article

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