| A CENTURY OF STRUGGLE | 3 |
| A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY | 5 |
| CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY | 6 |
| Franklin, John Hope | |
| LINCOLN AND THE PROCLAMATION | 9 |
| Current, Richard N. | |
| THE SOUTH IN PERSPECTIVE | 12 |
| Woodward, C. Vann | |
| CALL TO A NEW BATTLE | 17 |
| Stevenson, Adlai E. | |
| A LETTER TO MY NEPHEW | 19 |
| Baldwin, James | |
| THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION | 20 |
| Randolph, A. Philip | |
| THE STRUGGLE FOR OPEN HOUSING | 25 |
| Levenson, Frances & Fisher, Margaret | |
| THE MOB AND THE GHOST | 29 |
| Smith, Lillian | |
| THE LUMINOUS PROMISE | 34 |
| King, Martin Luther Jr. | |
| AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL | 38 |
| MacLeish, Archibald | |
| A NEW SOUTHERNER | 39 |
| DABBS, JAMES McBRIDE | |
| THE BLACK MUSLIMS | 43 |
| Lincoln, C. Eric | |
| WHY THE RESISTANCE? | 49 |
| Golden, Harry | |
| FOOTNOTES ON AN ANNIVERSARY | 53 |
| Kempton, Murray | |
| THE NOT SO SOLID SOUTH | 56 |
| Snelling, Paula | |
| MUSIC AND NEGROES | 59 |
| Lawson, Warner | |
| THE UNFINISHED EMANCIPATION | 63 |
| Tindall, George B. | |
| PAPERBACK PLUMS | 66 |
| McCann, William |
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