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Article: "I'm gonna glory in learnin'": academic aspirations of African American characters in children's literature.
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- African American Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Scholastic success and failure is a prevalent theme in African American children's literature. African American juvenile fiction is often set in schools, and characters, of both genders and of all ages, express varying views about the value of education. African American children's literature has evolved from primarily portraying integration issues to questioning the quality of education for academic achievers and gifted African American children.
During the twentieth century, both African American and white authors have written about black characters and academic issues. Many early efforts by white authors, published from the 1900s through the 1950s, perpetuated ...