Kings of Mississippi examines how a twentieth-century black middle-class family navigated life in rural Mississippi …. The book introduces seven generations of a farming family and provides an organic examination of how the family … struggling black and white sharecroppers and farmers in Gallman, Mississippi. Family narratives and census data across time and a …

rate and settlement in areas where unemployment is high. This paper tests the relevance of family ties in explaining … puzzle of the role played by the nuclear and the extended family in the decision to move …