When the "Burden of Acting White" is Not a Burden: School Success and African American Male Students

Urban Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-65

  Stinson, David W ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Achievement gap; Black education; Student development; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951553729     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-009-0145-y     Document Type: Article

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