Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons
dc.contributor.author | Das, Sohini | |
dc.contributor.author | Pitts, Jessica | |
dc.contributor.author | Arevalo, Kristina | |
dc.contributor.author | Cox, Blair | |
dc.contributor.author | Blood, Tessa | |
dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Diane | |
dc.contributor.author | Coulanges, Vallone | |
dc.contributor.author | Keryc, Caitlin | |
dc.contributor.author | Rogers, Onnie | |
dc.contributor.author | Way, Niobe | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-26T16:05:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-26 12:05:29 | en |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-26T16:05:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Das, Sohini; Pitts, Jessica; Arevalo, Kristina; Cox, Blair; Blood, Tessa; Hughes, Diane; Coulanges, Vallone; Keryc, Caitlin; Rogers, Onnie; Way, Niobe (2022). "Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons." Journal of Research on Adolescence (3): 981-998. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1050-8392 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1532-7795 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/174846 | |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | |
dc.subject.other | racial socialization | |
dc.subject.other | resistance | |
dc.subject.other | Black mothers | |
dc.title | Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jora.12740 | |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Research on Adolescence | |
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