Hidden in Plain Sight

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ISBN: 9780691146218 | 0691146217
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/14/2010

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How did America become a place where twelve-year-old Lionel Tate could be sentenced to life in prison without parole? Why does the United States remain the only nation to reject the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child? In answering questions like these, Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic story of children's rights in America.

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Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Introduction: Ain't I a Person?	p. 1
How to Think about Childhood	p. 15
How to Think about Children's Rights	p. 29
The Privacy Principle: Stories of Bondage and Belonging
Boys in Slavery and Servitude: Frederick Douglass	p. 51
Girls at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Dred Scott's Daughters	p. 75
Growing Up in State Custody: "Tony" and "John G."	p. 93
The Agency Principle: Stories of Voice and Participation
The Printer's Apprentice: Ben Franklin and Youth Speech	p. 111
Youth in the Civil Rights Movement: John Lewis and Sheyann Webb	p. 133
The Equality Principle: Stories of Equal Opportunity
Old Maids and Little Women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather	p. 159
Breaking the Prison of Disability: Helen Keller and the Children of "Greenhaven"	p. 180
The Dignity Principle: Stories of Resistance and Resilience
Hide and Survive: Anne Frank and "Liu"	p. 213
Children at Work: Newsboys, Entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn"	p. 234
The Protection Principle: Stories of Guilt and Innocence
Telling the Scariest Secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie"	p. 259
Age and the Idea of Innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate	p. 279
Conclusion: The Future of Rights	p. 304
Notes	p. 315
Bibliography	p. 337
Index	p. 349
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