Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Chapter 1. Aceldama and the Black Response 1
5. Chapter 2. “Stand Their Ground on Th is Civil Rights Business” 23
6. Chapter 3. Interregnum and Resurrection 66
7. Chapter 4. Not Just “A Bubble in Soap Water” 98
8. Chapter 5. To Awaken the Conscience of America 135
9. Chapter 6. Invasion of the Tuskegee Machine 177
10. Chapter 7. An Army of Mice or an Army of Lions? 220
11. Chapter 8. “It Is Strike Now or Never” 262
12. Epilogue 297
13. Abbreviations 301
14. Notes 303
15. Index 375
16. Acknowledgments 380