| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction: In Search of Black | ||
| Readers "Dreaded Eloquence": The Origins and Rise of African-American Literary Societies | ||
| Spreading the Word: The Cultural Work of the Black Press Literary Coalitions in the Age of Washington Reading, Writing, and Reform in the Woman's Era Georgia Douglas Johnson and the Saturday Nighters | ||
| Epilogue: Building Community in Contemporary Reading Groups | ||
| Bibliography |