Author's note

Introduction

The six tenets of Ballroom

PART 1: A House/Ball call to action: In the midst of it all (2017-present)

PART 2: From masquerades to Ballroom: The history of it all (1888-2016). 1888: The birth of Ballroom ; 1919-1931: A Harlem renaissance ; 1930s-1960s: The drag ball expansion ; 1967-1872: Enter Crystal Labeija ; 1973-1979: Ballroom as a cultural evolution ; 1980s: Empress, Princess, Duchess, Queen ; 1990s: Ballroom in the spotlight ; 2000-2008: Ballroom as a radical pedagogy ; 2009-2016: Making an impact

Epilogue: Ballroom as revolutionary hope

Afterword / Dominique Jackson

Acknowledgments

About the author

About the contributing photographers.