Part I: Coming to America.

Chapter 1: The Soul of America.

Chapter 2: From Empires to Bondage: Bringing Africans to the Americas.

Chapter 3: The Founding of Black America.

Part II: Long Road to Freedom.

Chapter 4: American Slavery, American Freedom.

Chapter 5: Bringing Down the House: Marching toward Civil War and Freedom.

Chapter 6: Up from Slavery: Civil War and Reconstruction.

Part III: Pillars of Change: The Civil Rights Movement.

Chapter 7: Living Jim Crow.

Chapter 8: I, Too, Sing America: The Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1963.

Chapter 9: Turning Up the Heat (1963–1968).

Chapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here? Post–Civil Rights and Beyond.

Part IV: Cultural Foundations.

Chapter 11: Something Borrowed, Something New: Becoming African American.

Chapter 12: Somebody Say “Amen”: The Black Church.

Chapter 13: More Than Reading and Writing: Education.

Part V: A Touch of Genius: Arts, Entertainment, and Sports.

Chapter 14: Writing Down the Bones: African American Literature.

Chapter 15: The Great Black Way: Theatre and Dance.

Chapter 16: Give Me a Beat: African American Music.

Chapter 17: Black Hollywood: Film and TV.

Chapter 18: Winning Ain’t Easy: Race and Sports.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten African American Firsts.

Chapter 20: Ten African American Literary Classics.

Chapter 21: Ten Influential African American Artists.

Index.