From At Risk to At Promise: Developing Scholar Identities Among Black Males

Journal of Advanced Academics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 222-229

  Whiting, Gilman W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39449129498     PISSN: 1932202X     EISSN: 21629536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jsge-2006-407     Document Type: Article

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