Twentieth Century Black and Native Activism Against the Child Taking System

This Article argues that the historical record supports activism that takes the abolition of the child welfare system as its starting point, rather than its reform. It explores the birth of the modern child welfare system in the 1950s as part of the white supremacist effort to punish Black communiti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laura Briggs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2021-07-01
Series:Columbia Journal of Race and Law
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjrl/article/view/8746