Searching for Their Real Home: Dependent Black Children in Indianapolis, 1910-1940

John D. Ramsbottom

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    Abstract

    Concerns about the future for young people, reflected in contemporary headlines, were equally prominent in Indianapolis a hundred years ago. Then, as now, children whose parents neglected or abandoned them posed a special problem. In the midst of rapid social change that seemed to threaten traditional family stability, a small corps of professionals and volunteers worked to provide a nurturing environment.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalScholarship and Professional Work - LAS
    Volume27
    Issue number3
    StatePublished - Jul 1 2015

    Keywords

    • 20th century
    • african american children
    • dependent children
    • indianapolis
    • orphans

    Disciplines

    • History
    • Public History
    • Social History
    • United States History

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