Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES ix
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. 1 THE UNITED STATES, A HOME AND A REFUGE FOR BLACK PEOPLE? 1
6. 2 WHEN THE WAR CAME, EVERYONE SCATTERED 17
7. 3 SEARCHING FOR HOME IN STATEN ISLAND 42
8. 4 SOMEONE CALL ME A “DAMN” REFUGEE 66
9. 5 WHITES ARE THE BOSS 96
10. 6 WE HAVE THE SAME SKIN COLOR 127
11. 7 THERE ARE LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN THE FUTURE 153
12. APPENDIX 1 Liberian Research Participants 165
13. APPENDIX 2 Other Research Participants 169
14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 171
15. NOTES 173
16. REFERENCES 185
17. INDEX 213
18. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 223