COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: Prologue to Struggle: The Formative Years, 1829-1924 -- Chapter I: The Inheritance -- Chapter II: Charles Hamilton Houston -- Chapter III: ''Army Justice" -- Chapter IV: Studying Law at Home and Abroad -- PART TWO: Developing Cadres: The Howard Years, 1924-1935 -- Chapter V: Houston & Houston -- Chapter VI: The Transformation of Howard University Law School -- Chapter VII: "Dean" Houston's School for Social Engineers -- Chapter VIII: The Limitations of American Law -- Chapter IX: Matters of Conscience -- PART THREE: Struggling on Diverse Fronts: The National Years, 1935-1950 -- Chapter X: "This Fight … Is Not an Isolated Struggle" -- Chapter XI: Protecting the Right to Work -- Chapter XII: "Racism Must Go" -- Chapter XIII: "In Any Fight, Some Fall" -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A NOTE ON SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX OF NAMES, PLACES, AND SUBJECTS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- INDEX OF PRINCIPAL CASES CITED -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- K -- M -- N -- P -- S -- T -- U -- Y.