| | Introduction: Sword Among Lions | p. 1 |
| | Prologue | p. 9 |
| | Holly Springs | p. 15 |
| | The New City and the Ladies' Car | p. 40 |
| | A Breath of Life, A Winter of Discontent | p. 69 |
| | Love and Trouble | p. 98 |
| | A Race in My Arms | p. 122 |
| | City of the Three Murdered Men | p. 156 |
| | Exodus | p. 188 |
| | "The Truth About Lynching" | p. 211 |
| | The Loveliest Lynchee Was Our Lord | p. 230 |
| | Light from a Human Torch | p. 253 |
| | St. Joan and Old Man Eloquent | p. 283 |
| | Exile No More | p. 311 |
| | "Let Us Confer Together" | p. 342 |
| | Undivided Duty | p. 369 |
| | Mobocracy in America | p. 393 |
| | Bull in the China Shop | p. 410 |
| | Chicago and the Wizard | p. 433 |
| | Calls | p. 462 |
| | Smoldering Bridges | p. 481 |
| | The Ladies' Band | p. 502 |
| | The Alpha Suffrage Club | p. 523 |
| | Unsafe for Democracy | p. 548 |
| | Known Race Agitator | p. 575 |
| | Prisoners of War | p. 592 |
| | Unfriendly Takeovers | p. 614 |
| | The Price of Liberty | p. 634 |
| | Notes | p. 661 |
| | Selected Bibliography | p. 733 |
| | Index | p. 767 |