Marrow of Tradition, The The. Charles Waddell Chesnutt

       About Charles W. Chesnutt:

      Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novelsand short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South. Many families of free people of color were formed in the colonial and early Federal period; some attained education and property; in addition there were many mixed-race slaves, who as freedmen after the war were part of the complex society of the South. Two of his books were adapted as silent films in 1926 and 1927 by the African-American director and producer Oscar Micheaux. Following the Civil Rights Movementduring the 20th century, interest in the works of Chesnutt were revived. Several of his books were published in new editions, and he received formal recognition. A commemorative stamp was printed in 2008.

      During the early 20th century in Cleveland, Chesnutt established what became a highly successful court reporting business, which provided his main income. He became active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, writing articles supporting education as well as legal challenges to discriminatory laws.

      Source: Wikipedia

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       I. At Break of Day

       II. The Christening Party

       III. The Editor at Work

       IV. Theodore Felix

       V. A Journey Southward

       VI. Janet

       VII. The Operation

       VIII. The Campaign Drags

       IX. A White Man's "Nigger"

       X. Delamere Plays a Trump

       XI. The Baby and the Bird

       XII. Another Southern Product

       XIII. The Cakewalk

       XIV. The Maunderings of Old Mrs. Ochiltree

       XV. Mrs. Carteret Seeks an Explanation

       XVI. Ellis Takes a Trick

       XVII. The Social Aspirations of Captain McBane

       XVIII. Sandy Sees His Own Ha'nt

       XIX. A Midnight Walk

       XX. A Shocking Crime

       XXI. The Necessity of an Example

       XXII. How Not to Prevent a Lynching

       XXIII. Belleview

       XXIV. Two Southern Gentlemen

       XXV. The Honor of a Family

       XXVI. The Discomfort of Ellis

       XXVII. The Vagaries of the Higher Law

       XXVIII. In Season and Out

       XXIX. Mutterings of the Storm

       XXX. The Missing Papers

       XXXI. The Shadow of a Dream

       XXXII. The Storm breaks

       XXXIII. Into the Lion's Jaws

       XXXIV. The Valley of the Shadow

       XXXV. "Mine Enemy, O Mine Enemy!"

       XXXVI. Fiat Justitia

       XXXVII. The Sisters