Jelly Roll: A Black Neighborhood in a Southern Mill Town

Contents

Contents Preface ix 1. History, Methodology, and Bias: A Background to Research in the Black Community of Calion, Arkansas 1 2. Mill Town: A Small Industrial Community 10 I. The Old Timers: Folk Ways and Traditional Culture Under Siege 3. Sylvester Malone: Living Memories Back on the Farm 24 4. Hattie Jenkins: A Missionary of the Gospel 33 5. Willie and Babe Cole: Coping with Poverty 37 6. Erma and Jefferson Bates: Pillars of the Church 47 7. Odelia Jackson: Alone in the Neighborhood 51 8. Deacon Clark: The Children of His Labor 57 II. The Middle Aged and Traditional Families: Transition, Conflict, and Accommodation Between Old and New 9. Ruby Johnson: A Single Mother and Her Clan 64 10. Leroy and Rose McCoy: The Welfare Elite 81 11. Saphire and Wilbur Hines: Home is Like a Honky Tonk 88 12. Low-Profile Mainstream Families 93 III. Youth and Pop Culture: The Accelerating Process of Deculturation 13. Evelyn and Mike Oliver: Youth in Conflict 106 14. Conversations in the Singles Society 110 15. Talk about Town: A Casual Exchange 121 16. Rapping with the “Boys” on the Street 127 vii 17. Lovella Jones: Someday, Their Father Will Marry Me 136 18. Summary and Conclusions: The Paradoxes of Progress 143 Bibliography 151 Appendix 154 Epilogue 159 viii ...