CONTENTS

  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT NOTICE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. OUT OF DARKNESS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. “SECRET NOT SECRET”
  7. LANGSTON HUGHES
  8. COUNTEE CULLEN
  9. JOSEPHINE BAKER
  10. “IN THIS ESSAY…”
  11. RICHARD BRUCE NUGENT
  12. MA RAINEY
  13. ALAIN LOCKE
  14. BESSIE SMITH
  15. “WE GET LIT”
  16. GLADYS BENTLEY
  17. CLAUDE MCKAY
  18. JIMMIE DANIELS
  19. “CAN YOU ANSWER ME THIS?”
  20. ETHEL WATERS
  21. ZORA NEALE HURSTON
  22. “FLAMBOYANTS”
  23. RECOMMENDED READING
  24. ALSO BY GEORGE M. JOHNSON
  25. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
  26. COPYRIGHT