Achievement as resistance: The development of a critical race achievement ideology among black achievers

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-497

  Carter, Dorinda J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54349128406     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.78.3.83138829847hw844     Document Type: Review

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