Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. PART I: HARLEM BORN AND BRED
7. 1 From the Cradle to the Classroom in the 1930s 1
8. 2 Growing Up on Sugar Hill in the 1940s 25
9. PART II: MEN, MARRIAGE, AND MOTHERHOOD
10. 3 Men and Marriage in the 1950s and 1960s 39
11. 4 My Mother Was Perfect, or So She Said 67
12. Color Plates 5 Parental Politics: My Daughters and Me 81
13. PART III: MAKING ART, MAKING WAVES, AND MAKING MONEY
14. 6 A European Trip Ends with a Death in the Family 131
15. 7 The 1960s: Is There a Black Art 143
16. 8 The End of the 1960s: Out of the Studio and into the Streets 165
17. 9 The 1970s: Is There a Woman's Art 173
18. 10 Teaching Art: Those Who Can Should 217
19. 11 We Flew over the Bridge: Performance Art, Story Quilts, and Tar Beach 237
20. Appendix: Matisse's Chapel 273
21. Faith Ringgold Chronology 275
22. Public and Private Collections 279
23. Index 281