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Journal Article
Surveying the Hopescape
2009
Overview
From that survey, I concluded that three main sociocultural perspectives or stances appeared to motivate the creation of the Black-centered children's fiction of that period: 1 a view of books as a means to foster a social conscience among children of privilege, 2 a view of books as a means to figuratively assimilate African Americans into the American melting pot, 3 a view of books as a means to share stories derived from or grounded in the experience of growing up Black in America.
