The Kings of Mississippi
Race, Religious Education, and the Making of a Middle-Class Black Family in the Segregated South
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The Kings of Mississippi
Race, Religious Education, and the Making of a Middle-Class Black Family in the Segregated South
About This Book
Kings of Mississippi examines how a twentieth-century black middle-class family navigated life in rural Mississippi. The book introduces seven generations of a farming family and provides an organic examination of how the family experienced life and economic challenges as one of few middle-class black families living and working alongside the many struggling black and white sharecroppers and farmers in Gallman, Mississippi. Family narratives and census data across time and a socio-ecological lens help assess how race, religion, education, and key employment options influenced economic and non-economic outcomes. Family voices explain how intangible beliefs fueled socioeconomic outcomes despite racial, gender, and economic stratification. The book also examines the effects of stratification changes across time, including: post-migration; inter- and intra-racial conflicts and compromises; and, strategic decisions and outcomes. The book provides an unexpected glimpse at how a family's ethos can foster upward mobility into the middle-class.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Introduction A Black Family from Mississippi as a Socio-Ecological Phenomenon
- 1 âMy Own Land and a Milk Cowâ: Race, Space, Class, and Gender as Embedded Elements of a Black Southern Terrain
- 2 âBikes or Lightsâ: Familial Decisions in the Context of Inequality
- 3 âGetting to the School on Timeâ: Formal Education and Beyond
- 4 âJesus and the Juke Jointâ: Blurred and Bordered Boundaries and Boundary Crossing
- 5 âKeeping Godâs Favorâ: Contemporary Black Families and Systemic Change
- Conclusion âWhat Would Big Mama Do?â Activation and Routinization of a Black Familyâs Ethos
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index