African American childhoods: historical perspectives from slavery to civil rights / Wilma King

In African American Childhoods, historian Wilma King presents a selection of her essays, both unpublished and published, which together provide a much-needed survey of more than three centuries of African American children's experiences. Organized chronologically, the volume uses the Civil War to divide the book into two parts: part one addresses the enslavement of children in Africa and explores how they lived in antebellum America; part two examines the issues affecting black children since the Civil War and into the twenty-first century. Topics include the impact of the social and historical construction of race on their development, the effects of violence, and the heroic efforts of African American children when subjected to racism at its worst during the civil rights movement. ... Historian Wilma King Presents A Selection Of Her Essays, Both Unpublished And Published, Which Together Provide A Much-needed Survey Of More Than Three Centuries Of African American Children's Experiences. Organized Chronologically, The Volume Uses The Civil War To Divide The Book Into Two Parts: Part One Addresses The Enslavement Of Children In Africa And Explores How They Lived In Antebellum America; Part Two Examines The Issues Affecting Black Children Since The Civil War And Into The Twenty-first Century. Topics Include The Impact Of The Social And Historical Construction Of Race On Their Development, The Effects Of Violence, And The Heroic Efforts Of African American Children When Subjected To Racism At Its Worst During The Civil Rights Movement.--publishers Description. List Of Illustrations -- Pt. 1 -- Introduction -- 1. Africa's Progeny Cast Upon American Shores -- 2. Minor Players In Bondage : Interactions Between Enslaved And Slaveholding Children In The Old South -- 3. Within The Professional Household : Slave Children In The Antebellum South -- 4. No Bondage For Me : Free Boys And Girls Within A Slave Society -- Pt. 2 -- 5. Dis Was Atter Freedom Come : Freed Girls And Boys Remember The Emancipation -- 6. Black And Red Education At Hampton Institute : A Case Study Of The Shawnee Indians, 1900-1925 -- 7. What A Life This Is : An African American Girl Comes Of Age During The Great Depression In Urban America -- 8. The Long Way From The Gold Dust Twins To The Williams Sisters : Images Of African American Children In Selected Nineteenth- And Twentieth-century Print Media -- 9. African American Youth Face Violence And Fear Of Violence In Nineteenth- And Twentieth-century America -- 10. Emmett Till Generation : African American Schoolchildren And The Modern Civil Rights Movement In The South, 1954-1964 -- Afterword : African American Children In Contemporary Society -- Notes -- Index. Wilma King. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [179]-223) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Front Matter....Pages 1-8 Africa’s Progeny Cast upon American Shores....Pages 9-22 Minor Players in Bondage: Interactions between Enslaved and Slaveholding Children in the Old South....Pages 23-38 Within the Professional Household: Slave Children in the Antebellum South....Pages 39-54 No Bondage for Me: Free Boys and Girls Within a Slave Society....Pages 55-69 Front Matter....Pages 71-72 “Dis Was atter Freedom Come”: Freed Girls and Boys Remember the Emancipation....Pages 73-92 Black and Red Education at Hampton Institute: A Case Study of the Shawnee Indians, 1900–1925....Pages 93-106 What a “Life” This Is: An African American Girl Comes of Age during the Great Depression in Urban America....Pages 107-118 The Long Way from the Gold Dust Twins to the Williams Sisters: Images of African American Children in Selected Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Print Media....Pages 119-136 African American Youth Face Violence and Fear of Violence in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century America....Pages 137-154 Emmett Till Generation: African American Schoolchildren and the Modern Civil Rights Movement in the South, 1954–1964....Pages 155-168 Afterword: African American Children in Contemporary Society....Pages 169-178 Back Matter....Pages 179-232 Cover 1 Title 2 Copyright 3 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Part I 9 Introduction 10 1. Africa’s Progeny Cast upon American Shores 16 2. Minor Players in Bondage: Interactions between Enslaved and Slaveholding Children in the Old South 30 3. Within the Professional Household: Slave Children in the Antebellum South 46 4. No Bondage for Me: Free Boys and Girls Within a Slave Society 62 Part II 77 5. “Dis Was atter Freedom Come”: Freed Girls and Boys Remember the Emancipation 79 6. Black and Red Education at Hampton Institute: A Case Study of the Shawnee Indians, 1900-1925 99 7. What a “Life” This Is: An Mrican American Girl Comes of Age during the Great Depression in Urban America 113 8. The Long Way from the Gold Dust Twins to the Williams Sisters: Images of Mrican American Children in Selected Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Print Media 125 9. Mrican American Youth Face Violence and Fear of Violence in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century America 143 10. Emmett Till Generation: Mrican American Schoolchildren and the Modern Civil Rights Movement in the South, 1954-1964 161 Afterword: Mrican American Children in Contemporary Society 175 Notes 185 Index 230 African American Childhoods seeks to fill a vacuum in the study 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.