Contents
Prologue
CHAPTERS
1OLD SCHOOL NEGRO
1909–1914
2THE SOUTHERN CROSSES THE YELLOW DOG
1914–1925
3BANQUETS AND COCAINE BALLS
1925–1928
4GRAY CITY OF EXILED MEN
1928–1936
5WHITE FOLKS AND THE DAYS
1936–1941
6RUIN OF THE GOLDEN DREAM
1941–1944
7TRYING TO WIN A HOME
1944–1945
8MONKEY AN’ THE LION
1946–1948
9INFLICTING A WOUND UPON HIMSELF
1948–1952
10CADILLACS TO COTTON SACKS
1952–1954
11OTHELLO
1954–1955
12A PISTOL IN HIS HAND, AGAIN
1955–1959
13FIVE CORNERED SQUARE
1959–1962
14COTTON COMES TO HARLEM
1963–1965
15A MOOR IN SPAIN
1965–1972
16AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE’S NOVELIST
1972–1984
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index