In The Marrow of Tradition , Charles W. Chesnutt--using the 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina massacre as a backdrop--probes and exposes the raw nerves and internal machinery of racism in the post-Reconstruction-era South; explores how miscegenation, caste, gender and the idea of white supremacy informed Jim Crow laws; and unflinchingly revisits the most brutal of terror tactics, mob lynchings. (Introduction by James K. White)
Chapters
1 Preface and Chapter I, At Break of Day 20 min 2 Chapter II, The Christening Party 28 min 3 Chapter III, The Editor At Work 23 min 4 Chapter IV, Theodore Felix 15 min 5 Chapter V, A Journey Southward 28 min 6 Chapter VI, Janet 8 min 7 Chapter VII, The Operation 20 min 8 Chapter VIII, The Campaign Drags 9 min 9 Chapter IX, The White Man's "Nigger" 16 min 10 Chapter X, Delamere Plays A Trump 19 min 11 Chapter XI, The Baby And The Bird 9 min 12 Chapter XII, Another Southern Product 11 min 13 Chapter XIII, The Cake Walk 14 min 14 Chapter XIV, The Maunderings Of Old Mrs. Ochiltree 16 min 15 Chapter XV, Mrs. Carteret Seeks An Explanation 14 min 16 Chapter XVI, Ellis Takes A Trick 25 min 17 Chapter XVII, The Social Aspirations Of Captain McBane 22 min 18 Chapter XVIII, Sandy Sees his Own Ha'nt 9 min 19 Chapter XIX, A Midnight Walk 6 min 20 Chapter XX, A Shocking Crime 10 min 21 Chapter XXI, The Necessity Of An Example 11 min 22 Chapter XXII, How Not To Prevent A Lynching 15 min 23 Chapter XXIII, Belleview 11 min 24 Chapter XXIV, Two Southern Gentlemen 14 min 25 Chapter XXV, The Honor Of A Family 12 min 26 Chapter XXVI, The Discomfort Of Ellis 11 min 27 Chapter XXVII, The Vagaries Of The Higher Law 26 min 28 Chapter XXVIII, In Season And Out 21 min 29 Chapter XXIX, Mutterings Of The Storm 11 min 30 Chapter XXX, The Missing Papers 26 min 31 Chapter XXXI, The Shadow Of A Dream 12 min 32 Chapter XXXII, The Storm Breaks 19 min 33 Chapter XXXIII, Into The Lion's Jaws 13 min 34 Chapter XXXIV, The Valley Of The Shadow 9 min 35 Chapter XXXV, Mine Enemy, Oh Mine Enemy 24 min 36 Chapter XXXVI, Fiat Justitia 22 min 37 Chapater XXXVII, The Sisters 14 min
