Race in the American mind: From the Moynihan report to the Obama Candidacy

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 621, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 243-259

  Bobo, Lawrence D ^a   Charles, Camille Z ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of Social Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Barack Obama; Colin Powell; Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Discrimination; Inequality; Racial attitudes; Segregation; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 57949106067     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208324759     Document Type: Article

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