Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. b jenkins 1
4. gayl jones 2
5. billie holiday 3
6. wanda jean allen 5
7. jeanne moreau 6
8. charlie jenkins 7
9. james brown 8
10. henry dumas 9
11. fishbone 10
12. elvin jones, malachi favors, steve lacy 11
13. alexander weheliye, lygia clark, ed roberson 12
14. sherrie tucker, francis ponge, sun ra 13
15. gary fisher 14
16. yopie prins 17
17. robert farris thompson 18
18. brent edwards 19
19. bessie smith 20
20. jean-michel basquiat 21
21. alice key 22
22. james baldwin 24
23. william parker 26
24. cecil taylor 28
25. tony oxley 30
26. walter benjamin 32
27. peck curtis 33
28. john thompson 34
29. george gervin 37
30. adrian piper 38
31. josé muñoz 39
32. michael hanchard 40
33. thelma foote 42
34. elizabeth cotten 44
35. ann cvetkovich 47
36. frank ramsay 48
37. arthur jafa and greg tate 49
38. joe torra 50
39. piet mondrian 53
40. nathaniel mackey 54
41. marie jenkins 55
42. q. b. bush 56
43. sleater-kinney 58
44. eric dolphy 59
45. general baker 60
46. johnny cash 61
47. pam grier 63
48. bobby bland 64
49. la niña de los peines 65
50. laura harris 66
51. betty carter 69
52. william corbett 70
53. june jordan 72
54. murray jackson 73
55. curtis mayfield 74
56. carrie tirado bremen 77
57. margaret walker 78
58. audre lorde 79
59. chrisshonna grant 80
60. toni morrison 81
61. njeeri wa ngugi 82
62. john work 83
63. barbara lee 84
64. mike davis and glynda white 88
65. charlie parker 89
66. birdia mott 90
67. julian djibril 91
68. lorenzo bird 92
69. fred hopkins 94
70. b jenkins 95
71. “Words Don’t Go There” 97