Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Welcome
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Prologue: I Am the True Vine
  7. PART ONE
    1. 1. Sit Down and Shut Up
    2. 2. White Peoples Is Hateful
    3. 3. And Still the Cry Against Us Continues
  8. PART TWO
    1. 4. Your Momma Is Dead
    2. 5. Some Serious Secrets
    3. 6. A Paying Proposition
    4. 7. He Who Hustleth While He Waiteth
    5. 8. Comma, Colored
  9. PART THREE
    1. 9. The Prodigal Sons
    2. 10. Not One Single, Solitary, Red Penny
    3. 11. Adultery’s Siamese Twin
  10. PART FOUR
    1. 12. Housekeeping!
    2. 13. Practically Imbeciles
  11. PART FIVE
    1. 14. Very Good Old Colored Woman
    2. 15. Wilbur and John
    3. 16. God Is Good to Me
    4. Epilogue: Markers
  12. Photos
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. About the Author
  15. Also by Beth Macy
  16. Notes
  17. Newsletters
  18. Copyright

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