The author is grateful to the following publications for permission to reprint material that first appeared in their pages: Commentary for “Carmen Jones” (which appeared in the January 1955 issue as “Life Straight in De Eye”), “The Harlem Ghetto” (February 1948), and “Equal in Paris” (March 1955); Harper’s Magazine for “Notes of a Native Son” (November 1955) and “Stranger in the Village” (October 1953); The New Leader for “Journey to Atlanta” (October 9, 1948); Partisan Review for “Everybody’s Protest Novel” (June 1949), “Many Thousands Gone” (November–December 1951), and “A Question of Identity” (July–August 1954); and The Reporter for “Encounter on the Seine” (which appeared in the issue of June 6, 1950, as “The Negro in Paris”).