Explorations of the Simpson Trial “Racial Divide”

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-266

  Loszak, Theresa ^b   Williams, Alicia ^b   Jeffres, Leo W ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Triad Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative Action; African American; Attitudes; Gender; Race; Racial Identity; Selective Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878029076     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170050204545     Document Type: Article

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