Colorizing Educational Research: African American Life and Schooling as an Exemplar

Educational Researcher

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-19

  Monroe, Carla R ^a  

^a Alliance Legal   (United States)

Author keywords

Black education; cultural analysis; diversity; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874304069     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X12469998     Document Type: Article

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