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"Local leadership": the role of women in the Louisiana branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Louisiana, 1920-1939

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"Local leadership": the role of women in the Louisiana branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Louisiana, 1920-1939. / Sartain, Lee.

In: Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, 2005, p. 311-331.

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Harvard

Sartain, L 2005, '"Local leadership": the role of women in the Louisiana branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Louisiana, 1920-1939', Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, vol. XLVI, no. 3, pp. 311-331. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/4234124>

APA

Sartain, L. (2005). "Local leadership": the role of women in the Louisiana branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Louisiana, 1920-1939. Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, XLVI(3), 311-331. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4234124

Vancouver

Sartain L. "Local leadership": the role of women in the Louisiana branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Louisiana, 1920-1939. Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 2005;XLVI(3):311-331.

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Sartain, Lee. / "Local leadership": the role of women in the Louisiana branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Louisiana, 1920-1939. In: Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 2005 ; Vol. XLVI, No. 3. pp. 311-331.

Bibtex

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