Investigates the truth about the multicultural classroom from the perspective of those who participate in it, addresses the frustration with racism, and analyzes the successes and failures of the integrated classroom.
Examines what life was like for children who grew up as slaves in the United States, describing the conditions in which they lived, the work they did, how they were educated, and their efforts to obtain freedom.
Terry and Laura Sheldon lose their 9-year-old twins in a flash flood. After a year of putting their lives back together, the couple, who are unable to have more children, decide to adopt a 10-year-old African American boy.
A collection of poems which show angels guiding, comforting, and protecting African American children during milestones in their lives as well as in the course of everyday activities.
A study of the lives of children born into slavery in the United States in the nineteenth century, and how they were forced to grow old before their time due to the rituals of work, punishment, and often separation from their families.
raising healthy Black and biracial children in a race-conscious world
Wright, Marguerite A
2000
A guide for parents and other people who work with African-American and biracial children, discussing the danger of sensitizing children to the existence of racial bigotry, and arguing that children who are loved and shielded as much as possible from racism, grow up with high self-esteem regardless of their race.
Describes the family life of African-American slaves before the Civil War, examining the influence parents had on their children's self-esteem and family identity in the face of outside ownership and power.
