They won’t teach me: The voices of gifted african american inner‐city students

Roeper Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 68-75

  Harmon, Deborah ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007820948     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783190209554132     Document Type: Article

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