Why the black kids sit together at the stairs: The role of identity-affirming counter-spaces in a predominantly white high school

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 542-554

  Carter, Dorinda J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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