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Black women and racial advancement: The economics of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

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The Review of Black Political Economy

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Banks, N. Black women and racial advancement: The economics of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. Rev Black Polit Econ 33, 9–24 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-005-1028-4

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