Collective forgetting and the symbolic power of oneness: The strange apotheosis of Rosa Parks

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-142

  Schwartz, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 68649083715     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019027250907200204     Document Type: Article

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