Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER 1 Prologue 5
6. CHAPTER 2 One of the Great Prophets 8
7. CHAPTER 3 The Cast of Characters 20
8. CHAPTER 4 Iron Shoes 34
9. CHAPTER 5 The Shadow of Failure 45
10. CHAPTER 6 The Second Emancipation 58
11. CHAPTER 7 A University of the First Class 73
12. CHAPTER 8 “A Brash Moment” 86
13. CHAPTER 9 The Great Day 96
14. CHAPTER 10 “Time Is of the Essence” 111
15. CHAPTER 11 “The Tenderest Feeling” 124
16. CHAPTER 12 The Basement School 139
17. CHAPTER 13 A Line in the Dirt 152
18. CHAPTER 14 “I Don’t Believe in Segregation” 170
19. CHAPTER 15 The Sociological Argument 187
20. CHAPTER 16 The House That Sweatt Built 204
21. CHAPTER 17 “Don’t We Have Them on the Run” 222
22. CHAPTER 18 A Shattered Spirit 238
23. CHAPTER 19 The Big One 253
24. CHAPTER 20 Why Sweatt Won 267
25. CHAPTER 21 Epilogue 285
26. Notes 295
27. Bibliography and Notes on Sources 335
28. Index 343