The given passage above is actually quoted from MartIN Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" in 1963. The author's purpose for including this sentence is that, the author wanted to convey to the reader that s<span>egregation must end immediately. Hope this answers your question.</span>
Their childhood and them just being kids
The words that help create anorder of events is 'until' and 'then'
I looked it up and got 2 answers out of three possibilities
a. nonstandard usage
b. conversational speech
c. slang
some people said a while others said c