New possibilities: (re)engaging black male youth within community-based educational spaces

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-136

  Baldridgea, Bianca J ^a   Hill, Marc Lamont ^a   Davis, James Earl ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black male youth; Community based educational spaces; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CLASS; EDUCATION; GENDER ISSUE; MALE; RACE; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 78751527678     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2011.531984     Document Type: Article

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