Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents ix
4. Illustrations xi
5. one The Artistry of Argument 1
6. Part I Inside the circle of the tribe
7. “Let’s talk black” 18
8. two The Geometry of Belonging 21
9. three Brotherhood and Brotherhood 32
10. four Backstage and Blackstage 50
11. five Race Men and Real Men 64
12. six The Prophetic Backstage 75
13. Part II Son of a (black) preacher man
14. “A fire locked up inside me” 88
15. seven Flight from the Folk? 91
16. eight Homilies of Black Liberation 110
17. nine Raw and Refined 131
18. Part III King in the mass meetings
19. “The Lord will make a way out of no way” 152
20. ten Beloved Black Community 158
21. eleven The Physics of Deliverance 179
22. twelve The Rationality of Defiance 199
23. thirteen The Courage to Be 219
24. fourteen Free Riders and Freedom Riders 237
25. Part IV Crossing over into beloved community
26. “The day of man as man” 250
27. fifteen Artifice and Authenticity 254
28. sixteen Practicing What You Preach 267
29. seventeen Validating the Movement 286
30. eighteen The Allure of Rudeness 302
31. nineteen Black Interludes in the Crossover Moment 318
32. Notes 339
33. Index 383