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| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Prologue: Notes from the Authors | p. xiii |
| The Background | |
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| History and Context | p. 17 |
| The Women of the Great Migration | p. 53 |
| The Maid Narratives | |
| In Their Own Words | p. 61 |
| "They didn't want no Negroes to have no freedom." | p. 62 |
| "I worked in the home of William Faulkner." | p. 68 |
| "The man didn't want me to wash my hands in the wash pan." | p. 74 |
| "My mother named me after her doll." | p. 76 |
| "I worked for white families as soon as I was old enough to walk." | p. 89 |
| "I wish to God I could tell you more, but it's too painful." | p. 102 |
| "I came from a little nobody to somebody." | p. 112 |
| '"She's twelve years old; call her Miss Nancy.'" | p. 117 |
| "You never went in the front door." | p. 127 |
| "It's just the way we lived down South; nobody bothered anybody." | p. 137 |
| "I always thought that my brother might have been kin to them [the white family]." | p. 146 |
| "[My sister] told me, 'I would not only clean the bathroom but I'd take a bath in the bathtub.'" | p. 155 |
| "I always wanted to be a teacher." | p. 162 |
| The Maid Narrative Themes | p. 168 |
| The White Family Narratives | |
| In Their Own Words | p. 201 |
| "It's just not done." | p. 201 |
| "I don't remember experiencing any tension or problem resulting from this custom." | p. 204 |
| "Thanks for the memories." | p. 207 |
| "You have to talk to them, and really listen to them." | p. 210 |
| "It was what it was, and now is no more." | p. 218 |
| "To realize… that my family was a part of it was humiliating." | p. 222 |
| "Viola was my second mother." | p. 224 |
| "If only I had been able to appreciate her when I knew her as a child." | p. 227 |
| "I grew up during Freedom Slimmer." | p. 231 |
| "My story… has only one act." | p. 234 |
| "It remains a difficult topic to discuss in polite company." | p. 236 |
| "She remembered me as a small child." | p. 238 |
| "These photos have been in every kitchen I have ever had." | p. 239 |
| "I wonder if May ever thought of us being spoiled." | p. 245 |
| "My parents were civil rights allies." | p. 248 |
| "My father was Native American." | p. 249 |
| The White Family Narrative Themes | p. 253 |
| Epilogue | p. 283 |
| References | p. 287 |
| Index | p. 293 |
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