Charleston, 1919-1920:The Final Battle in the Emergence of the South's Urban African American Teaching Corps

Journal of Urban History

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 633-649

  Fultz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84997909770     PISSN: 00961442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009614420102700504     Document Type: Article

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