This project centers on the lived experiences of Harlem’s Black youth during the Civil Rights Movement to demonstrate an alternative way of thinking about children in historical research.
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“Better Safe than Sorry”: Racialized and Queer Family Policing through Mandatory Reporting
Mandatory reporting laws serve as the gateway into a system that criminalizes poverty and weaponizes race, sexuality, and gender against caregivers who fall outside of dominant notions around family life.
