Ethnic Heritage in Mississippi: The Twentieth Century Book

Foreword Barbara Carpenter vii

Introduction. Ethnicity in Mississippi: Stories Worth Telling Shana Walton 3

Section I Immigrants, Identity, and Sites of Connection

1 The International Immigrants of Mississippi: An Overview Carl L. Bankston III 15

2 European Mississippians Celeste Ray 32

3 African American Sacred and Secular Identities in Mississippi's Piney Woods Joyce Marie Jackson 74

4 The Story of Mound Bayou Amy L. Young Milburn J. Crowe 98

5 Down Around Biloxi: An Overview of Ethnic and Occupational Identity in a Coastal Town Aimee L. Schmidt 122

Section II Ethnicity in a Biracial Culture

6 Mississippi Delta Chinese Emily Erwin Jones Frieda Quon 145

7 Mississippi Mahjar: The Lebanese Immigration Experience in the Delta James Thomas 172

8 Chai Cotton: Jewish Life in Mississippi Stuart Rockoff 193

9 "Chahta Siyah Ókih": Ethnicity in the Oral Tradition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tom Mould 219

Section III Local Changes, Global Forces

10 The Vietnamese in Mississippi Vy Thuc Dao 263

11 The Changing Face of Hindu Identity in Jackson, Mississippi Devparna Roy Lola Williamson 284

12 Filipinas in the Deep South: Reading Domestic Oral Narratives as Sites of Politicization andtornmunity Building Linda Pierce Allen 309

13 The Genesis of a New Ethnic Group?: The Meanings of Latino/Hispanic Identity in South Mississippi Bridget Anne Hayden 333

Postscript. Celebrating Heritage and Recognizing Complexity and Change in Mississippi Culture Shana Walton 353

Contributors 367

Index 371