Perilous Passages: Black Infant Death in America

By Wangui Muigai

Wangui Muigai traces the long history of infant death in Black America from slavery to the present day, surfacing the root causes, social responses, and enduring myths that have faulted mothers for their children's deaths. As Muigai reveals, community traditions of caregiving and organizing have sustained and animated Black struggles for survival.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674250990
• ISBN13: 9780674250994
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages