Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Nellie Walker 14
6. 2. Inheriting the Color Line, 1892–1898 23
7. 3. State Street Years, 1899–1907 36
8. 4. Turning South: Nashville and Fisk, 1907–1908 53
9. 5. Coming of Age in Copenhagen, 1908–1912 64
10. 6. A Black Woman in White: New York, 1912–1915 75
11. 7. Rebel with a Cause: Tuskegee, 1915–1916 90
12. 8. A Nurse in the Bronx, 1916–1919 109
13. 9. Sojourner in Harlem: The Dawn of the “Renaissance,” 1919–1923 128
14. 10. Rooms Full of Children: Seward Park and Harlem, 1923–1924 153
15. 11. High Bohemia, 1925 178
16. 12. The New Negro,Model 1926 197
17. 13. Quicksand 224
18. 14. In the Mecca, 1927 240
19. 15. Year of Arrival, 1928 268
20. 16. Passing 294
21. 17. A Star in Harlem, 1929 311
22. 18. Trouble in Mind, 1930 343
23. 19. A Novelist on Her Own, 1930–1932 363
24. 20. The Crack-Up, 1932–1933 398
25. 21. Letting Go, 1933–1937 424
26. 22. The Recluse on Second Avenue, 1938–1944 452
27. 23. Nella Larsen Imes, R.N. 463
28. Epilogue 483
29. Abbreviations 490
30. Notes 491
31. Acknowledgments 592
32. Index 597