Escaping Devil's Island: Confronting racism, learning history

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-49

  Grant, Carl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Historical knowledge; Racism; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; IMMIGRANT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; RACISM; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

FRENCH GUIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751518300     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2011.531979     Document Type: Article

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