| The Negro Speaks of Rivers | p. ix | |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv | |
| My Mother's Power Was in Her Voice | p. 195 | |
| Work And Jazz | p. 399 | |
| Look Into My Eyes and See the Fire | p. 509 | |
| Where the Rivers Join | p. 601 | |
| Index | p. 645 | |
| Sixth Sense | p. 407 | |
| Listeningto The Currents | p. 1 | |
| About the Author | p. 654 | |
| The Fruit of My Labor | p. 15 | |
| Giving Forward | p. 587 | |
| Blow, Jazzman, Blow | p. 109 | |
| Grounding with My Brothers | p. 289 | |
| Journey To The Source | p. 187 |