Growing up Black in New Castle County, Delaware

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738506227
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/09/2001
Series:	Voices Of America
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,100,674
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	10 Years

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.