Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. What They Are and Why We Need Them -- Chapter One. Why We Need Real Role Models -- Chapter Two. Defining a Role Model -- Chapter Three. They Are More Important Than Ever -- Part Two. Who They Are -- Chapter Four. Moms: Our Personal Real Role Models -- Chapter Five. Rufus Cormier, JD: Partner at the Baker Botts Law Firm -- Chapter Six. Melody Barnes: Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council -- Chapter Seven. Eric Motley, PhD: Managing Director of the Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship Program -- Chapter Eight. James McIntyre: Spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- Chapter Nine. Tracie Hall: Assistant Dean and Librarian at Dominican University -- Chapter Ten. Civil Rights and Real Role Models -- Chapter Eleven. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD: Surgeon General of the State of Michigan -- Chapter Twelve. Timothy George, MD: Chief of Pediatric Neuroscience at Dell Children's Medical Center -- Chapter Thirteen. Victoria Holloway Barbosa, MD: Ethnic Dermatologist and Former Executive for L'Oreal -- Chapter Fourteen. Bill Douglas: White House Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers -- Chapter Fifteen. Leonard Pitts, Jr: Columnist for the Miami Herald -- Chapter Sixteen. Danyel Smith: Editor of Vibe Magazine -- Chapter Seventeen. Are We Really "Keepin' It Real"? -- Chapter Eighteen. Ed Stewart: Vice President of Corporate Communications for Ticketmaster -- Chapter Nineteen. Lynn Tyson: Vice President of Investor Relations for Dell -- Chapter Twenty. Willie Miles, Jr: Founder and CEO of Miles Wealth Management -- Chapter Twenty-One. Horace Allen: Founder and CEO of Teampact -- Chapter Twenty-Two. Deavra Daughtry: President and CEO of Excellent Care Management -- Chapter Twenty-Three. Je'Caryous Johnson: Founder and CEO of I'm Ready Productions.

Chapter Twenty-Four. Do We Really Lack Real Role Models? -- Chapter Twenty-Five. Steve Jones: Cofounder of a Graphic Design Company -- Chapter Twenty-Six. Isiah Warner, PhD: Professor of Chemistry at Louisiana State University -- Chapter Twenty-Seven. Gloria Ladson-Billings, PhD: Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin -- Chapter Twenty-Eight. Bernard Muir and Craig Littlepage: Athletic Director of Georgetown University -- Athletic Director of the University of Virginia -- Chapter Twenty-Nine. Beverly Kearney: Women's Track Coach at the University of Texas at Austin -- Part Three. How They Do It -- Chapter Thirty. Qualities of Real Role Models -- Chapter Thirty-One. Self-Esteem Is Not Self-Taught -- Chapter Thirty-Two. Education: A Real Ticket to Success -- Chapter Thirty-Three. Being a Real Role Model -- Chapter Thirty-Four. Final Thoughts -- About the Authors.