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PART I: ADVANCING THE CONVERSATION

Not Stopping at First: Racial Literacy and the Teaching of Barack Obama

Pages 65-71 | Received 26 Sep 2013, Accepted 20 Jan 2014, Published online: 30 Apr 2014

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