Race and Gender Equity in Sports: Have White and African American Females Benefited Equally From Title IX?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1581-1603

  Pickett, Moneque Walker ^a   Dawkins, Marvin P ^b   Braddock, Jomills Henry ^b  

^a Virginia Peninsula   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; middle classes; race relations; sociology of sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867342654     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212458282     Document Type: Article

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