Impact of race and welfare reform on African American single mothers' access to higher education

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1041-1051

  Johnson, Vanessa D ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American single mothers; African American women and higher education; Black single mothers; Single mothers and higher education; Welfare reform; Welfare reform and racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953722257     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934708323986     Document Type: Article

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