At a time when blacks are returning to the South in record numbers, this book offers proof that the stereotypical Southern town--replete with poverty, prejudice, and hopelessness for blacks--still persists despite the civil rights revolution. Presenting an anthropological overview of one community and in-depth analysis of four extended families, this book dispels misconceptions about the Southern black family and shows it to be a coherent, well-defined, and viable structure.

You Gotta Deal With It explodes the myth that the lives of Southern rural blacks have changed dramatically as a result of the civil rights revolution. Black anthropologist Theodore R. Kennedy offers a compelling account of his field work in a Southern community in 1972. Written at a time when blacks are returning to the South in record numbers, the author attests that the stereotypical Southern town -- replete with poverty, prejudice, and hopelessness -- still exists.

Court of Appeal Case(s): D009835

Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.