Contents -- Introduction: General Description of Community -- A Feeling of Entrapment -- Judgment Day and the Aftermath -- You Gotta Deal with It -- Going to the Land of Cotton -- Dealing with It -- Family Number One -- Family Number Two -- Family Number Three -- Family Number Four -- The Black Family Unit -- Good-bye Vera Ridge -- Appendix A: A Survey of the Literature on the Black Family -- Appendix B: Attributes of Mama -- Appendix C: Attributes of Daddy -- Appendix D: Attributes of Sister -- Appendix E: Attributes of Brother -- Appendix F: Attributes of a Person Who Is the Same as a Mama -- Appendix G: The Social and Physical Person -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W.