Childtimes

Written by Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little · Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Three generations of women share vivid childhood memories, revealing a century of history and heritage.

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179 pages· 26,750 words· Est. 3.5 hour read· 1000L

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Bookroo's summary

In a memoir spanning a century, three generations of African-American women—grandmother, mother, and daughter—share their childhood stories. From a Southern mill town to the fight for voting rights and the Great Depression, their memories paint a vivid picture of resilience and heritage. As they recount household chores, school life, and encounters with prejudice, their tales reveal the love and pride that bind them. What lessons will they pass on to future generations, and how do their stories shape our understanding of the past? Discover the intimate details of their lives and the history they lived through.

From the publisher

A grandmother living in a Southern mill town at the turn of the century; a mother winning the hard-fought right to vote; a daughter born the year of the Great Depression. Three generations of black women remember their “childtime” in this lyrical memoir spanning a century of American history. Their memories are sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always vivid. Not simply a chronicle of one black family, this book preserves the lives and communities of times past for future generations.