Preface -- Exploratory fieldwork in Atlanta, Georgia -- Fieldwork -- Negro residential patterns in Atlanta, Georgia, 1860-1983, and their impact on public school mixing -- The black subsociety -- The neighborhood -- The home and its environs -- Ritual and food in households -- Black husbands and wives: an assessment of marital roles in a middle-class neighborhood -- Parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, siblings and grandparents and grandchildren -- Interpretations -- Bibliography -- About the Author