From the Book - First edition.
Preface : Origins / by Nikole Hannah-Jones. 1619 : The white lion : poem / by Claudia Rankine --
Democracy / by Nikole Hannah-Jones. 1662 : Daughters of Azimuth : poem / by Nikky Finney ; 1682 : Loving me : poem / by Vievee Francis --
Race / by Dorothy Roberts/ 1731 : Conjured : poem / by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers ; 1740 : A ghazalled sentence after "My people...hold on" by Eddie Kendricks and the Negro Act of 1740 : poem / by Terrance Hayes --
Sugar / by Khalil Gibran Muhammad. 1770 : First to rise : poem / by Yusef Komunyakaa ; 1773 : proof [dear Phyllis] : poem / by Eve L. Ewing --
Fear / by Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander. 1775 : Freedom is not for myself alone : fiction / by Robert Jones, Jr. ; 1791 : Other persons : poem / by Reginald Dwayne Betts --
Dispossession / by Tiya Miles. 1800 : Trouble the water : fiction / by Barry Jenkins ; 1808 : Sold South : fiction / by Jesmyn Ward --
apitalism / by Matthew Desmond. 1816 : Fort Mose : poem / by Tyehimba Jess ; 1822 : Before his execution : poem / by Tim Seibles --
Politics / by Jamelle Bouie. 1830 : We as people : poem / by Cornelius Eady ; 1850 : A letter to Harriet Hayden : monologue / by Lynn Nottage --
Citizenship / by Martha S. Jones. 1863 : The camp : fiction / by Darryl Pinckney ; 1866 : An absolute massacre : fiction / by ZZ Packer --
Self-defense / by Carol Anderson. 1870 : Like to the rushing of a mighty wind : poem / by Tracy K. Smith ; 1883 : no car for colored [+] ladies (or, miss wells goes off [on[ the rails) : poem / by Evie Shockley --
Punishment / by Bryan Stevenson. 1898 : Race riot : poem / by Forrest Hamer ; 1921 : Greenwood : poem / by Jasmine Mans --
Inheritance / by Trymaine Lee. 1925 : The new Negro : poem / by A. Van Jordan ; 1932 : Bad blood : fiction / by Yaa Gyasi --
Medicine / by Linda Villarosa. 1955 : 1955 : poem / by Danez Smith ; 1960 : From behind the counter : fiction / by Terry McMillan --
Church / by Anthea Butler. 1963 : Youth Sunday : poem / by Rita Dove ; 1963 : On "Brevity" : poem / by Camille T. Dungy --
Music / by Wesley Morris. 1965 : Quotidian : poem / by Natasha Trethewey ; 1966 : The panther is a virtual animal : poem / by Joshua Bennett --
Healthcare / by Jeneen Interlandi. 1972 : Unbought, unbossed, unbothered : fiction / by Nafissa Thompson-Spires ; 1974 : Crazy when you smile : poem / by Patricia Smith --
Traffic / by Kevin M. Kruse. 1984 : Rainbows aren't real, are they? : fiction / by Kiese Laymon ; 1985 : A surname to honor their mother : poem / by Gregory Pardlo --
Progress / by Ibram X. Kendi. 2005 :4tAt the Superdome after the storm has passed : poem / by Clint Smith ; 2008 : Mother and son : fiction / by Jason Reynolds --
Justice / by Nikole Hannah-Jones. 2020 : Progress report : poem / by Sonia Sanchez.
From the Large Print - First large print edition.
Preface: Origins / by Nikole Hannah-Jones --
Democracy / by Nikole Hannah-Jones --
Race / by Dorothy Roberts --
Sugar / by Khalil Gibran Muhammad --
Fear / by Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander --
Dispossession / by Tiya Miles --
Capitalism / by Matthew Desmond --
Politics / by Jamelle Bouie --
Citizenship / by Martha S. Jones --
Self-defense / by Carol Anderson --
Punishment / by Bryan Stevenson --
Inheritance / by Trymaine Lee --
Medicine / by Linda Villarosa --
Church / by Anthea Butler --
Music / by Wesley Morris --
Healthcare / by Jeneen Interlandi --
Traffic / by Kevin M. Kruse --
Progress / by Ibram X. Kendi --
Justice / by Nikole Hannah-Jones.