Black English and the education of Black children and youth

proceedings of the National Invitational Symposium on the King Decision

by National Invitational Symposium on the King Decision (1980 Wayne State University)

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Published 1981 by Center for Black Studies, Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich .
Written in

Subjects:

• African Americans -- Education -- Congresses.,
• African Americans -- Languages -- Congresses.,
• Black English -- Congresses.

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Edition Notes

Statement	edited, with an introduction by Geneva Smitherman.
Contributions	Smitherman, Geneva, 1940-, Wayne State University. Center for Black Studies.
Classifications
LC Classifications	LC2771 .N37 1981
The Physical Object
Pagination	441 p. :
Number of Pages	441
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL4126712M
LC Control Number	80085071

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