Growing Up Black in New Castle County, Delaware

In this valuable volume of oral history, the recorded childhood memories of African Americans--from family rituals to first jobs, neighborhood games to school--are illustrated with vintage photographs culled from family albums and archives.
Chronicling the period from 1900 to the 1950s, Growing Up Black in New Castle County, Delaware brings together the touching stories of African Americans in northern Delaware who grew up during an era of both hardship and happiness. In a time when racial segregation was law and the nation faced such challenges as war and economic depression, African-American children in New Castle County and around the country were busy exploring the world around them-playing with friends, celebrating holidays, attending school, and learning the important life lessons that would carry them through the rest of the twentieth century.

About the author

Author and historian Jeanne D. Nutter has collected these moving tales and images from residents throughout the county and presents them here as a testament to the courage and spirit of childhood in this unique African-American community, one that survived and prospered despite the far-reaching racial inequities of the period. Readers of all ages will treasure these personal views of the past through the eyes of the children who lived it.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jeanne D. Nutter Ph. D. (Editor)
• Authors: Nutter
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 09.05.2001
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9780738506227
• ISBN: 978-0-7385-0622-7
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 23.1 x 0.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 263 g
• Series: Voices of America
• Subjects: History - General History; PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical; TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional); HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies