Cotton Mather. Human hierarchy ; Origins of racist ideas ; Coming to America ; Saving souls, not bodies ; Black hunts ; Great awakening

Thomas Jefferson. Enlightenment ; Black exhibits ; Created equal ; Uplift suasion ; Big bottoms ; Colonization

William Lloyd Garrison. Gradual equality ; Imbruted or civilized ; Soul ; The impending crisis ; History's emancipator ; Ready for freedom? ; Reconstructing slavery ; Reconstructing blame

W.E.B. Du Bois. Renewing the south ; Southern horrors ; Black Judases ; Great White Hopes ; The Birth of a Nation ; Media suasion ; Old deal ; Freedom brand ; Massive resistance

Angela Davis. The act of civil rights ; Black power ; Law and order ; Reagan's drugs ; New Democrats ; New Republicans ; 99.9 percent the same ; The extraordinary Negro.

Part I. Cotton Mather. Human hierarchy

Origins of racist ideas

Coming to America

Saving souls, not bodies

Black hunts

Great awakening

Part II. Thomas Jefferson. Enlightenment

Black exhibit

Created equal

Uplift suasion

Big bottoms

Colonization

Part III. William Lloyd Garrison. Gradual equality

Imbruted or civilized

Soul

The impending crisis

History's emancipator

Ready for freedom?

Reconstructing slavery

Reconstructing blame

Part IV. W.E.B. Du Bois. Renewing the south

Southern horrors

Black Judases

Great white hopes

The Birth of a Nation

Media suasion

Old deal

Freedom brand

Massive resistance

Part V. Angela Davis. The act of civil rights

Black power

Law and order

Reagan's drugs

New Democrats

New Republicans

99.9 percent the same

The extraordinary Negro

Epilogue.