THE BLACK AMERICAN SHORT STORY IN THE 20TH CENTURY -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- PREFACE -- BLACK AMERICAN SHORT FICTION IN THE 20TH CENTURY Problems of Audience, and the Evolution of Artistic Stances and Themes -- NOTES -- CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT THE SHERIFF'S CHILDREN(1889) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE SCAPEGOAT(1904) -- NOTES -- JEAN TOOMER FERN (1922) -- NOTES -- ADDITIONAL SOURCES -- LANGSTON HUGHES THE BLUES I'M PLAYING(1934) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CHESTER HIMES A NIGGER(1937) -- NOTES -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- RICHARD WRIGHT FIRE AND CLOUD(1938) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- RALPH ELLISON KING OF THE BINGO GAME( 1944) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- WILLIAM MELVIN KELLEY THE POKER PARTY(1961) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JOHN A. WILLIAMS SON IN THE AFTERNOON (1962) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ERNEST J. GAINES A LONG DAY IN NOVEMBER(1963) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- JAMES BALDWIN GOING TO MEET THE MAN(1965) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AMIRI BARAKA (LeROI JONES)THE ALTERNATIVE(1965) -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- I. BLACK AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS 1898-1977 -- II. MAJOR ANTHOLOGIES -- III. MAJOR SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE BLACK SHORT STORY -- CONTRIBUTORS.