Part One—The 1930s and 1940s
1. Coney Island’s Conscience—Lady Deborah and George Tilyou
2. Here Come the Jews
3. Crushing the Jewish Troublemakers—The Persecution of Emma Goldman
4. Growing Up Jewish—Ira Glasser
5. A “One Hundred Percent Jewish” Childhood—Sy Dresner
6. The Lincoln Brigade—Abe Smorodin
7. Victims of Rapp-Coudert—Henry Foner
8. On the Side of Labor—Marvin Miller
9. The Roots of Racism—Dorothy Challenor Burnham
10. Sports Editor of the Daily Worker—Lester Rodney
11. The Negro Soldier Returns from the War—Monte Irvin
12. The Jews Love Jackie—Joseph Boskin and Joel Oppenheimer
13. Jackie Robinson’s Place in History—Ira Glasser
14. The Accidental Rabbi—Sy Dresner
Part Two—The 1940s and 1950s
15. Victims of the Smith Act—Stan Kanter
16. Victims of McCarthy—Terry (Ted) Rosenbaum
17. The Absurdity of McCarthyism—Joseph Boskin
18. Fearing the Unknown—Peter Meinke
19. The Protestants Blend In—Justus Doenecke
20. Muslim Immigrants—Dave Radens
21. Growing Up Greek in Red Hook—Peter Spanakos
22. Here Come the Italians—Curtis Sliwa
23. Here Come the Irish—Pete Hamill
24. Windsor Terrace Memories—Joe Flaherty, Bobby McCarthy, and Bill Reddy
25. A Wild Child—John Ford
26. Son of Holocaust Survivors—Harry Schweitzer
Part Three—The 1950s and 1960s
27. For the Love of Billy Cox—John Mackie
28. The Musical Genius of Lincoln High—Neil Sedaka
29. The End of Race Music—Bruce Morrow
30. The Whites Discriminate—John Hope Franklin
31. The Move to the Burbs—Ian Grad
32. The Dodgers Flee West—Bill Reddy, Irving Rudd, Stan Kanter, and Pete Hamill
Part Four—The 1960s and 1970s
33. Growing Up Black in the Hood—Robert Crosson
34. Cop on the Beat—John Mackie
35. The Black Panther—Charles Barron
36. Here Come the Puerto Ricans—Victor Robles
37. Ocean Hill–Brownsville—Clarence Taylor
38. Going to School with the Moolies—Curtis Sliwa
39. Nothing Stays the Same—Peter Spanakos
40. The Guardian Angels—Curtis Sliwa
41. King of the Tra-la-las—Neil Sedaka
42. The Night the Lights Went Out. Again.—Abram Hall
Part Five—The 1980s and 1990s
43. Whites Move Back—Harry Schweitzer
44. A Marine Guards the Peace—Richard Green
45. Shirley Chisholm’s Boy—Victor Robles
46. Brighton Beach’s Russian Jews—Alec Brook-Krasny
47. The Battle for Sexual Freedom—Renee Cafiero
Part Six—The Twenty-first Century
48. The Echoes of 9/11—Richard Portello
49. The Mural Painter—Janet Braun-Reinitz
50. The Councilman for Change—Charles Barron
51. The Real Estate Boom—Abram Hall
52. Brooklyn’s Cheerleader—Marty Markowitz
53. The Atlantic Yards—Jim Stuckey
54. Remaking Coney Island—Joseph Sitt