CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE NEGRO AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE WORLD WAR II -- 2 THE NEGRO AND THE FEDERAL SERVICE IN AN ERA OF CHANGE -- 3 REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS -- 4 MERIT, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL SERVICE -- 5 NEGRO EMPLOYMENT, AN ANALYSIS -- 6 THE MACHINERY OF EQUALITY -- 7 THE PROBLEM IN THE DEPARTMENTS: SOME ILLUSTRATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.