Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART 1 Foundations
6. 1 Black Political Development in the United States 11
7. 2 A Black Sacred Cosmos and the Making of a Black Counterpublic 35
8. 3 The Religious Content of Black Political Ideologies 53
9. PART 2 Formulations
10. 4 A Genealogical Inquiry into Black Nationalism 109
11. 5 Martin Robison Delany and the Nationalism of Ends 133
12. 6 David Walker and the Politics of the Black Jeremiad 157
13. PART 3 Transformations
14. 7 Black Power and the Problem of Black Nationalism 217
15. 8 Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, and the Haunting of America 265
16. 9 The Black Nationalism of the Hip-Hop Generation 313
17. Timeline of Key Events 367
18. Bibliography 375
19. Index 391
20. About the Book 415