Cover South Carolina's Turkish People Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: A New People and Voice in Regional Life Part One Who Are the Turkish People of Sumter County? Chapter One A Community Like No Other Chapter Two The Traditional Story of Oral History Chapter Three Probing the Legend of Origins Chapter Four Documenting the Patriarch and His People Chapter Five The Turkish Traditional Narrative Is Confirmed Part Two We Are the Turkish People of Sumter County Chapter Six Our Voice: A Family Discussion. Chapter Seven Our Journey: From Isolation to AssimilationChapter Eight Reflections on Our Ancestry, Ethnicity, Community, Race Relations, and Systemic Oppression Chapter Nine Life at the Dalzell School for Turks and Integrating the White Schools Chapter Ten The Turkish Community Today Chapter Eleven Our Story Has Now Been Told Conclusion: What Have We Learned? Bibliography Index.
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