Niggers no more: A critical race counternarrative on Black male student achievement at predominantly White colleges and universities

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 697-712

  Harper, Shaun R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; Critical race theory; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009649074     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390903333889     Document Type: Article

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