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- Title
"They could be killing kids forever!": The Atlanta Child Murders in African American Literature.
- Authors
Thorsson, Courtney
- Abstract
The article focuses on the 1979-1981 Atlanta, Georgia, child murders as portrayed within African American literature. The author explores the reactions in the books "The Evidence of Things Not Seen," by James Baldwin, "Those Bones Are Not My Child," by Toni Cade Bambara, and "Leaving Atlanta," by Tayari Jones.
- Subjects
EVIDENCE of Things Not Seen, The (Book); THOSE Bones Are Not My Child (Book); LEAVING Atlanta (Book); BALDWIN, James, 1924-1987; BAMBARA, Toni Cade, 1939-1995; JONES, Tayari, 1970-; AFRICAN American literature -- History &; criticism; RACE relations
- Publication
African American Review, 2020, Vol 53, Issue 4, p315
- ISSN
1062-4783
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/afa.2020.0043