Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Coming of Age during Jim Crow 12
5. 2. Harlem from Hampton 43
6. 3. The Making of a Social Anthropologist 62
7. 4. Into the Southern “Wilds” 82
8. 5. Caste, Class, and Personality 108
9. 6. Bending the Academic Color Line 133
10. 7. Critiquing Middle-Class Culture 151
11. 8. Rethinking Intelligence 172
12. 9. From Brown v. Board to Head Start 196
13. Conclusion 215
14. Acknowledgments 227
15. Archival Abbreviations 231
16. Notes 233
17. Index 283