Bridging the legacy of activism across generations: Life stories of African American educators in post-civil rights Birmingham

Urban Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-174

  Loder Jackson, Tondra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; African American education; Multigenerational life stories; U.S. South

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960056407     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-009-0142-1     Document Type: Article

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