Editor’s note: For Black History Month, The Root is speaking to the relatives of our most cherished African-American heroes in a series called Living With History. To open the series, we interviewed a ...

BALTIMORE, Md. — Mapping out a strategy never seemed so literal, as a group of children work to put together a giant jigsaw puzzle of the continent of Africa. “We at least need to know that there are ...

Introduction: Good to think with : history, space, and modern childhood / Marta Gutman and Ning de Coninck-Smith -- Connecting with the landscape : campfires and youth culture at American summer camps ...

Introduction -- Childhood and play in colonial America, 1600-1800 -- The attempt to domesticate children and play, 1800-1850 -- The stuff of childhood, 1850-1900 -- The invasion of children's play ...