“Our Leaders Are Just We Ourself”: Black Women College Student Leaders’ Experiences With Oppression and Sources of Nourishment on a Predominantly White College Campus

Equity and Excellence in Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 454-472

  Domingue, Andrea D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84938842844     PISSN: 10665684     EISSN: 15473457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2015.1056713     Document Type: Article

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