Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Everywhere below Canada 1
5. Part I. The Map
6. 2. Dust Tracks on the Chocolate Map 15
7. 3. Multiplying the South 35
8. 4. Super Lou’s Chitlin’ Circuit 44
9. Part II. The Village
10. 5. The Blacker the Village, the Sweeter the Juice 57
11. 6. The Two Ms. Johnsons 67
12. 7. Making Negrotown 77
13. Part III. The Soul
14. 8. When and Where the Spirit Moves You 91
15. 9. How Brenda’s Baby Got California Love 102
16. 10. Bounce to the Chocolate City Future 112
17. Part IV. The Power
18. 11. The House That Jane Built 123
19. 12. Mary, Dionne, and Alma 136
20. 13. Leaving on a Jet Plane 157
21. 14. Seeing like a Chocolate City 172
22. Acknowledgments 185
23. Appendix 191
24. Notes 201
25. Bibliography 249
26. Index 283