Introduction : what happens to a neighborhood after white flight? -- The Parkmont environment -- Choosing Parkmont : whites staying and blacks pioneering -- Stella Zuk's story : choosing to stay -- Cross-racial caregiving : pioneers helping stayers to age in place -- Ken Wilkinson : striving for the next generation -- Black flight : consequences of neighborhood cultural conflict -- Billy's narrative : clashing in Parkmont -- Skipping school : the negative effects of a neighborhood institution -- Conclusions : understanding the cultural dynamics of neighborhood change.
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