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Real Talk from Real Men: African American Men as Feminists

Ain’t I a Feminist?: African American Men Speak Out on Fatherhood, Friendship, Forgiveness, and Freedom. By Aaronette M. White, Albany, New York, State University of New York Press, 2008. 265 pp. $28.95(paperback). ISBN: 978-0-7914-7568-3.

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Sellars, B. Real Talk from Real Men: African American Men as Feminists. Sex Roles 62, 143–145 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-009-9688-3

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