The significance of color remains: A study of life chances, mate selection, and ethnic consciousness among black Americans

Social Forces

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 1105-1120

  Hughes, Michael ^a   Hertel, Bradley R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963069268     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/68.4.1105     Document Type: Article

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