Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud: African Americans, American artifactual culture, and black vernacular technological creativity

American Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 639-661

  Fouché, Rayvon ^a  

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EID: 70449813009     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.2006.0059     Document Type: Review

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