Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. part I. Cornerstones
5. chapter 1. Cone 21
6. chapter 2. Baldwin 39
7. chapter 3. Mbembe 60
8. chapter 4. Derrida, Agamben, Wynter 76
9. part II. Questions
10. chapter 5. What Is Black Tradition? 97
11. chapter 6. What Is Black Organizing? 113
12. chapter 7. For What Are Blacks to Hope? In 131
13. chapter 8. For What Are Whites to Hope? 147
14. part III. Exempla
15. chapter 9. The Revelation of Race: On Steve Biko 163
16. chapter 10. The Racial Messiah: On Huey P. Newton 181
17. chapter 11. The Postracial Saint: On Barack Obama 198
18. chapter 12. The Race of the Soul: On Gillian Rose 216
19. Coda: The Birth of the Black Church 233
20. notes 239
21. bibliography 267
22. index 281