Growing up Jim Crow : how Black and White southern children learned race / Jennifer Ritterhouse.

Author/creator Ritterhouse, Jennifer, 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
African Americans--Segregation. --Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Race awareness in children--Southern States. --History. --20th century.
African American children--Southern States. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Children, White--Southern States. --Social conditions. --20th century.
African Americans--Race identity. --Southern States. --History. --20th century.
White people--Race identity. --Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Etiquette--Southern States. --Psychological aspects. --History. --20th century.
Southern States--Race relations. --History. --20th century.

Contents Introduction : forgotten alternatives -- The etiquette of race relations -- Carefully taught -- I knew then who I was -- Playing and fighting -- Adolescence -- Conclusion : children of the sun.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-291) and index.
LCCN 2005035087
ISBN080783016X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807856843 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807830161
ISBN9780807856840