Alexander Crummell: Defining matters of principle
Ida Wells-Barnett: To tell the truth freely
James Weldon Johnson: The creative genius of the Negro
Harry Haywood: In defense of the Black working class
Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston: Conflicting blueprints for Black writing
The autobiographical legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
The confessions of James Baldwin
Malcolm X and the resurrection of the dead
Gwendolyn Brooks and Amiri Baraka: The creation of a Black literary aesthetic
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: The need for independent Black leadership.