Black and Belonging at School: A Case for Interpersonal, Instructional, and Institutional Opportunity Structures

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 97-113

  Gray, DeLeon L ^a   Hope, Elan C ^a   Matthews, Jamaal S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85041555723     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2017.1421466     Document Type: Article

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