Black-white biracial students in american schools: A review of the literature

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 776-804

  Williams, Rhina Fernandes ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black education; Diversity; Identity; Multicultural education; Race; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950536566     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654309331561     Document Type: Review

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