African American childhoods : historical perspectives from slavery through the civil rights movement

"African American Childhoods" seeks to fill a vacuum in the study of African American children.

Rather than a comprehensive historical treatment, it is a collection of essays addressing selected resounding themes in American history while asking how major events, including the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Civil War, Great Depression, and modern Civil Rights Movement, impacted or changed the lives of African American Children.

Recovering the voices or experiences of these children, we observe nuances in their lives based on their legal status, class standing, and social development.