Autobiographical
The Environment as Enemy in a Black Autobiography: Manchild in the Promised Land
โ Scribed by Houston A. Baker, Jr.
- Book ID
- 123735656
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Year
- 1971
- Weight
- 299 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-8906
- DOI
- 10.2307/273597
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