includes index and bibliographies.

1. Symbolic narratives as told by ghosts and bones : situating race, place, and a beginning story gone bad in the Deep South

2. A racialized history of my place, Shreveport, Louisiana : the Red River, the "Land of Churches," and the "Lynching Capital of the World"

3. Part 1 : critical autobiography of my racialization : the gift of a North Louisiana map and a story to live by

4. Part 2 : critical autobiography of my racialization : the bones begin to speak but the ghosts fight back

5. The trials and not-so-tribulations of a Deep South, white male curriculum theorist fumbling toward a complicated conversation with students : being better than my ghosts