Choosing an HBCU: An Opportunity to Pursue Racial Self-Development

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-468

  Van Camp, Debbie ^a   Barden, Jamie ^a   Sloan, Lloyd Ren ^a   Clarke, Reneé P ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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