pt. 1. From slavery to desegregation. Historic roots of slavery
Slavery versus the Enlightenment
The Negro and the Constitution
Jefferson and the natural aristocracy
The free Negroes : American pariahs
The Supreme Court and the slave power
Abraham Lincoln, reluctant emancipator
The wrath of reconstruction
From reconstruction to Jim Crow
The slow ascent : 1895-1945
Economic and cultural revolutions
pt. 2. The ethnic issue. The African heritage
Ethnic differences in the light of evolution
The Negro and civilization
The evidence of intelligence tests
The Negro and the schools
The blackboard jungles
Negro criminality
Intermarriage and population trends
pt. 3. The gathering crisis. The end of school segregation
The South beleaguered
The road to Little Rock
The Negro and the New South
Our darkening cities
Impending crisis.