Cover -- Half_title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LOST TREASURES -- WHO ARE WE? -- INFLUENCES OF WHITE ON BLACK -- THE BEGINNINGS OF SOCIAL DRAMA AND THE FOLK PLAY -- WHITE PLAYWRIGHTS AND CRITICS -- THE NEGRO PAGEANT -- THE LITTLE THEATRE MOVEMENT IN BLACK -- THE PLAYWRIGHTS, THE SOCIAL ISSUES -- THE ANTI-LYNCHING PLAYS -- NOTES -- JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER, JR. (1895-1919) -- REFERENCES -- ON THE FIELDS OF FRANCE -- CAST -- WILLIS RICHARDSON (1889-1977) -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- A PILLAR OF THE CHURCH -- CAST -- GEORGE S. SCHUYLER (1895-1977) -- REFERENCES -- THE YELLOW PERIL -- CAST -- ALVIRA HAZZARD (1899-1953) -- MOTHER LIKED IT -- CAST -- JOSEPH S. MITCHELL (1891-195?) -- REFERENCES -- SON-BOY -- CAST -- RALF M. COLEMAN (1898-197?) -- THE GIRL FROM BACK HOME -- CAST -- JOHN FREDERICK MATHEUS (1887-1982) -- REFERENCES -- BLACK DAMP -- CAST -- ANDREW M. BURRIS (1898-C.1977) -- YOU MUS' BE BO'N AG'IN -- CAST -- ACT ONE -- SCENE 1 -- SCENE 2 -- ACT TWO -- ACT THREE -- MERCEDES GILBERT (18??-1952) -- REFERENCES -- ENVIRONMENT -- CAST -- SCENES -- ACT 1 -- ACT 2 -- ACT 3 -- ACT I -- SCENE 1 -- ACT II -- SCENE 1 -- ACT II -- SCENE 2 -- ACT III -- SCENE 1 -- FRANCIS HALL JOHNSON (1888-1970) -- REFERENCES -- RUN LITTLE CHILLUN -- SYNOPSIS OF SCENES -- ACT ONE -- ACT TWO -- CAST -- ACT I -- SCENE 1 -- ACT I -- SCENE 2 -- ACT II -- SCENE 1 -- ACT II -- SCENE 2 -- CONRAD SEILER -- REFERENCES -- DARKER BROTHER -- CAST -- SCENES -- SCENE 1 -- SCENE 2 -- SCENE 3 -- SCENE 4 -- SCENE 5 -- SCENE 6 -- SCENE 7 -- SCENE 8 -- SCENE 9 -- SCENE 10 -- LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967) -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SCARLET SISTER BARRY -- CAST -- YOUNG BLACK JOE -- CAST -- THE ORGANIZER -- CAST -- THE EM-FUEHRER JONES -- CAST -- SHIRLEY GRAHAM (1896-1977) -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- TRACK THIRTEEN -- CAST.

APPENDIX:DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE LOST PLAYS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE -- INTRODUCTORY NOTE -- 1. THE NEGRO IN ART:How SHALL H E BE PORTRAYED? -- 2. WHAT ARE WE, NEGROES OR AMERICANS? -- ORIGIN -- SCIENTIFIC USE -- PRESENT STATUS -- AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION -- WHEN IS A NEGRO A NEGRO? -- 3. WHAT ARE WE? -- 4. THE NEGRO-ART HOKUM -- 5. THE NEGRO ARTIST AND THE RACIAL MOUNTAIN -- 6. THE NEGRO WOMAN AND THE BALLOT -- 7. THE NEGRO WOMAN IN THE PROFESSIONS -- 8. THE NEGRO WORKING WOMAN: WHAT SHE FACES IN MAKING -- 9. "RACHEL" THE PLAY OF THE MONTH: THE REASON AND SYNOPSIS -- 10. PRESCRIPTION FOR THE NEGRO THEATRE -- 11. THE NEGRO IN DRAMATIC ART -- 12. THE HOPE OF A NEGRO DRAMA -- 13. STEPS TOWARD THE NEGRO THEATRE -- 14. RRIGWA PLAYERS LITTLE NEGRO THEATRE: THE STORY OF A LITTLE THEATRE MOVEMENT -- KRIGWA PLAYERS -- 16. PAYING FOR PLAYS -- 17. MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE NEGRO THEATER -- 18. VARIATION 0137 OF MONOLOGUE NO. 8 -- THE SPENCE FAMILY PASSES IN REVIEW -- 19. NEGRO ART PLAYERS IN HARLEM -- 20. A CRITICISM OF THE NEGRO DRAMA As IT RELATES TO THE NEGRO DRAMATIST AND ARTIST -- BackCover.