'Who you callin' nappy-headed?' A critical race theory look at the construction of Black women

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-99

  Ladson Billings, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Black women teachers; Critical race theory

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; RACISM; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 62249188895     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320802651012     Document Type: Article

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