The importance of visibility: Students' and teachers' criteria for selecting African American Literature

Reading Teacher

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 472-481

  Gray, Erika Swarts ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 62949243555     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.62.6.2     Document Type: Article

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