Patricia Reid-MerrittStudentsThe Children. – book reviewsI approached the reading of David Halberstam’s The Children with a great deal of trepidation. Here was yet another book written by a White journalist, that focused attention on some of the most significant events in the early Civil Rights Movement. As a lifelong student of the Black struggle, and as a scholar firmly grounded in an African-centered perspective, I doubted that I could gain any new insights from this volume’s nearly 800-page retelling of the Movement. I was wrong.July 14, 2007Page 1 of 1