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Index
COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
PROTESTERS AT THE TIMES
BURNING A SYMBOL, ARRESTED ON A TECHNICALITY
CLAUDE SITTON, REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER
KING OF THE RING: LARRY HOLMES IN A DIFFERENT ROLE
DON KING GOES QUIET
MARTINA ARROYO’S STAR RISES AT THE MET
OPENING OF A MUSLIM SCHOOL AND MOSQUE
EDDIE O’JAY, DISPENSER OF SOUL MUSIC AND WISE WORDS
WILLIAM H. HASTIE MEETS TRUMAN
SAMMY DAVIS JR. LEADS THE PACK
DOMESTIC PEACE CORPS HELPING SENIORS
CHARLES EVERS FOR MAYOR
SOUTHERN POLITICS AS USUAL
RALPH J. BUNCHE, SCHOLAR AND DIPLOMAT
RALPH ELLISON, INTENSE MAN OF LETTERS, AT EASE
SPIRITUAL STRENGTH FOR THURGOOD MARSHALL
DIZZY DOES A GOOD TURN FOR ANOTHER JAZZ LUMINARY
JANET COLLINS BLAZES A TRAIL AT THE MET OPERA
MALCOLM X’S CLOSE CALL IN QUEENS
SAYING FAREWELL TO MALCOLM X
MUHAMMAD ALI RETURNS
THE BLUE NOTES, BEFORE THE CURTAIN WENT UP
BEHIND THE SCENES, A HARLEM LEGEND
THOMAS JOHNSON IN VIETNAM
A MOB BOSS, GUNSHOTS AND RACIAL VIOLENCE
BOB BEAMON JUMPING LONG
A YOUNG JESSE JACKSON RALLIES FOR JOBS
ARETHA FRANKLIN, QUEEN OF THE APOLLO
SITTON AND THE SIT-IN
ELSTON HOWARD, YANKEE MAINSTAY
BENNY CARTER, A JAZZ LEGEND WHO MADE IT SEEM SO EASY
HAROLD LOUIS WRIGHT, EPISCOPAL BISHOP
BATTLING POVERTY AT RESURRECTION CITY
ARTHUR MITCHELL, DANCING THROUGH BARRIERS
THE QUIET COURAGE OF ROSA PARKS
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, POLITICAL PIONEER AND CENSUS TAKER
PAUL ROBESON COMES HOME
ON THE DAY MEDGAR EVERS WAS KILLED
ENDURING THE UNSPEAKABLE WITH DIGNITY AND DRY EYES
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON, A FIGHTER WITH STYLE
RUN-DMC’S “CRY FOR JUSTICE”
BRAND-NEW NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
KEY PLAYERS IN THE CAPITAL
A PILGRIMAGE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
FRANKIE CROCKER: NO HOLE IN HIS SOUL
AN ISSUE TOO FRAUGHT TO INCLUDE NAMES
BROWNSVILLE’S STRUGGLE
ANDREW YOUNG’S WARM WELCOME AT THE UNITED NATIONS
JAMES VAN DER ZEE: “THE HIGHEST TIME AND THE LOWEST TIME”
NEW YORK GRIEVES FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, EVER A CHAMPION FOR WOMEN
ROBERT C. WEAVER, AN URBAN PIONEER
CAPTURING THE LIONEL HAMPTON VIBE
THE HARLEM OF DON HOGAN CHARLES
FOR LENA HORNE, A HOME AT LAST
YOUNG MEN OF THE “NATION”
THE DAY TWO FORCES OF RESISTANCE MET IN CHICAGO
THE LESSONS OF ALBANY, GEORGIA
LOOKING AGAIN AT JAMES BALDWIN
DWIGHT GOODEN, ABOVE IT ALL
A NEWARK AT WAR WITH ITSELF
A HEARING IN MANHATTAN ON HARASSMENT IN MISSISSIPPI
FOR MARIAN ANDERSON, A MEMORABLE CELEBRATION
A NONVIOLENT MAN OF FAITH AND CERTAINTY
GWENDOLYN BROOKS, DELIVERING POETRY AND WISDOM
FINDING SOUL FOOD, AND COMFORT, AT SYLVIA’S
A SCHOLAR AT EASE IN THE SUBURBS
DIONNE WARWICK AT EASE IN NEW JERSEY
MAYORS GATHER TO SUPPORT A MAYORAL RUN
HINES AND CARROLL SING, DANCE AND SPARKLE
A RISING BLACK LEADER WHO PULLED OFF HIS OWN FAKE OBITUARY
A TENNIS STAR LUNCHES WITH THE MAYOR
JAMES MEREDITH, THEN AND NOW
CATCHING ONE LAST GLIMPSE OF EBBETS FIELD
A ROUGH TRIP FOR A SYMBOL OF EQUALITY
BABATUNDE OLATUNJI: “RHYTHM IS THE SOUL OF LIFE”
A NEW PASTOR IN HARLEM
FOR TOMMY HUNT, SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO
PARADES SEEN AND UNSEEN
CARL B. STOKES, AMERICA’S FIRST BIG-CITY BLACK MAYOR
BUCK LEONARD GETS THE NOD
EUBIE AND “FATHA”: A JAZZ DUO FOR THE AGES
A GREAT DAY FOR A RIDE
PATRICIA R. HARRIS: DIPLOMAT, LAW SCHOOL DEAN AND CABINET MEMBER
NATIONAL BLACK POLITICAL CONVENTION, 1972
MONETA SLEET JR.: A KEEN EYE AND A HUMAN TOUCH
LOUIS GOSSETT JR. AND THE POWER OF DIVERSITY
FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER, IN A TIME OF CHANGE
FLAVOR FLAV AT THE GARDEN
A HARLEM POWER BROKER, PROUDLY PARADING HIS HERITAGE
DAISY BATES’S STEELY RESOLVE
SOLVING A JACKIE ROBINSON MYSTERY
THE HARLEM HELL-FIGHTERS, CARRYING ON A VALIANT TRADITION
LEONTYNE PRICE SAYS GOODBYE
SHARPTON ON THE STUMP
SIDNEY POITIER’S WALK ON THE WILDISH SIDE
AFTER DETROIT EXPLODED
ART IN THE REJECTS: A PHOTO LEFT BEHIND AND MARKED “DESTROY”
THE DUKE AND THE JAZZMOBILE
ARTHUR ASHE AND A VICTORY UNSEEN
DAVID DINKINS WATCHES HIMSELF MAKE HISTORY
VOICES RAISED HIGH
SEEKING JOBS, AND DIGNITY, IN THE SOUTH BRONX
WALT “CLYDE” FRAZIER MEETS DON HOGAN CHARLES
EASTER IN HARLEM
GORDON PARKS AT HOME
NINA SIMONE ENDURES ANDY STROUD
FRITZ POLLARD IN THE DOORWAY
THE GOSPEL SINGER AND THE MAYOR
HELPING BLACK VOICES BE RAISED ONSTAGE
A CURBSIDE SERMON FROM REVEREND WYATT TEE WALKER
A CRIME SCENE TURNS INTO A MEMORIAL TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
EPILOGUE: CONTINUING KING’S MISSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
CONTRIBUTORS
NEWSLETTERS
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