Majority african american schools and the family structures of schools: School racial composition and academic achievement among black and white students

Sociological Focus

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-263

  Bankston, Carl L ^a   Caldas, Stephen J ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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EID: 85010583740     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2000.10571169     Document Type: Article

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