pt. 1. Foundations of inequality
ch. 1. Racial contours of the constitution
ch. 2. Black history and the vision of democracy
pt. 2. Ideology and political culture: the age of segregation
ch. 3. Booker t. Washington and the political economy of black accommodation
ch. 4. W.E.B. Du Bois and the politics of culture
ch. 5. Black faith of W.E.B. Du Bois
ch. 6. Pan-Africanism of W.E.B. Du Bois
ch. 7. Political intellectuals in the African diaspora
pt. 3. Politics of peace and urban empowerment
ch. 8. Peace and black liberation: the contributions of W.E.B. Du Bois
ch. 9. Harold Washington's Chicago: race, class conflict, and political change
pt. 4. Beyond boundaries: the future of black history in the present
ch. 10. Rhetoric of racial harmony
ch. 11. Black fundamentalism: Louis Farrakhan and the politics of conservative black nationalism
ch. 12. Black leadership and organized labor: from workplace to community.