| Forewords | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Conversations (35) | ||
| Warren Kirkland (and his friend | ||
| Thomas and Edith Ellis | ||
| Fred Smith | ||
| Corneal Davis | ||
| Lillie Lodge Brantley | ||
| Robert Colin | ||
| Ida Mae Cress | ||
| Ernest Griffin | ||
| Etta Moten Barnett | ||
| Alonzo Parham | ||
| Gwendolyn Davis | ||
| Irma Clark | ||
| Wayman Hancock | ||
| Jimmy Ellis | ||
| Morris Ellis | ||
| John Levy | ||
| Eddie Johnson | ||
| Juanita Tucker | ||
| Mildred Bowden and Hermene Hartman | ||
| Louis Caldwell | ||
| Alvin "Al" Boutte | ||
| James "Jack" Isbell | ||
| Dorsey Day | ||
| Jacoby Dickens | ||
| Dorothy McConner | ||
| George Johnson | ||
| Walter "Buddy" Brown | ||
| Milton Deas | ||
| Dr. Rudy Nimocks | ||
| LeRoy Martin | ||
| Judge Earl STrayhorn | ||
| Justice William Cousins | ||
| Marjorie and Harvey Echols | ||
| Bishop Arthur Brazier | ||
| Dr. James and Barbara Bowman | ||
| Conclusion |