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Contents Foreword xi Hayward Farrar Jr. Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Prologue Early Black Carolinians xxi Early Black Orangeburg xxiv Southern Black Families xxvii Chapter 1. Ancestors: The Pierces and Tatnalls, 1860s–1910 Introducing Grandfather Pierce 1 Introducing Grandmother Tattnall 5 The Pierce-Tattnall Union 8 Chapter 2. Jello: The Girl, 1910–1929 Child Rearing 13 Education 23 Chapter 3. Gerry: The Young Adult, 1929–1933 College Days 37 Love and Sex 40 Courtship and Marriage 45 Chapter 4. Gerry: The Mother, 1933–1960s Gerry and Zin 77 Love, Work, and Marriage 86 Child Bearing and Rearing 91 Conclusion 113 Epilogue: Mrs. Z: Lady Maverick, 1960s–2010 Old Clubs, New Clubs 115 Beloved St. Paul Episcopal 117 Accolades for a Lady Maverick 119 Appendix. Population Statistics: South Carolina and Orangeburg 121 Tatnall-Pierce-Zimmerman Family Tree 123 Notes 125 Bibliography 153 Index 165 [3.93.173.205] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 05:03 GMT) Illustrations Following Page 51 Franklin Pierce (1845–1905) Charlotte Davis (1845–1894) James Pierce (1876–1937) Mayesville Industrial Institute Photo of Antique Wooden Cigar-box Castle Matilda Buggs Tatnall (1862–1927) Hazel Frederica Tatnall (1888–1982) Georgia Day Tatnall (1883–?) St. Emma’s Military Academy in Rock Castle, Virginia Jello at Two Months and Three Weeks Viessa, Age Nine Months, and Jello, Age One and a Half Baby Boy Bubba Jello, Age Six or Seven Hazel Pierce and Husband James with Their Model-T Ford Jello, Age Twelve, and Bubba, Age Eight Gerry with Her “Bob” Haircut Fisk University Fisk University 1932 Commencement Program Gerry’s Husband, Dudley Malone “Zin” Zimmerman William Zimmerman (?–1923) Zin’s 1932 Bachelor of Science Degree Geraldyne and Dudley’s 1935 Marriage License Geraldyne Early in Her Marriage Grave of James Piece, Colored Cemetery in Orangeburg Gerry and Zin with Five-Month-Old Malone, January 1942 Gerry and Zin’s Second Child, Rose Hazel Malone, Age Five, and Rose Hazel, Age Three Rose Hazel, Age Seven, with Grandmother Hazel Gerry’s Master of Science Degree Professor Geraldyne P. Zimmerman Professor Zimmerman Instructs Students, Early 1970s Professor Zimmerman Receives a “Gratitude for Service” Plaque Gerry at the National Science Foundation Summer Institute Gerry with Rose Hazel at the National Science Foundation Rose Hazel and Malone Model Their Christ the King Band Uniforms Rose Hazel Shows Off Her Bicycle, 1953 Malone, Age Sixteen, and Rose Hazel, Age Fourteen, with Their Dance Escorts Gerry and Zin Congratulate Their Son for Receiving the Eagle Scout Medal Zimmermans Hosting a Formal Holiday Gathering in Their Home, December 1958 Mom Hazel with Her Two Grown Children, Bubba and Jello, Late 1970s Four Generations of Zimmermans, 1995 Gerry and Mom Hazel Dressed in Period Attire Mrs. Z at Church with Her Girl Scout Troop, 1970s Gerry and her Links, Incorporated Members and Inductees, 1974 Gerry as Key Speaker on Geraldyne Zimmerman Day, 1959 Program for Geraldyne Zimmerman Day Mayor Clyde S. Fair Opens the Zimmerman Youth Center, 1963 Gerry Honored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1976 Gerry’s Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Claflin University ...