| Acknowledgments | p. ix | |
| Introduction | p. xi | |
| The Idyll | p. 1 | |
| Departures | p. 31 | |
| The Time of Ashes | p. 47 | |
| Life in Black and White | p. 71 | |
| A Patch of Blue | p. 97 | |
| Why Do White Folks Love Sidney Poitier So? | p. 117 | |
| Destruction or Resurrection? | p. 139 | |
| Legacies | p. 163 | |
| Stargazing | p. 193 | |
| The Nature of Opposites | p. 207 | |
| The Measure of a Man | p. 231 | |
| Index | p. 245 |