CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- MARY McLEOD BETHUNE -- WILLIAM WELLS BROWN -- SHIRLEY ANITA ST. HILL CHISHOLM -- LEROY ELDRIDGE CLEAVER -- ANNA JULIA COOPER -- ALEXANDER CRUMMELL -- ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS -- FATHER DIVINE -- FREDERICK DOUGLASS -- WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS -- MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN -- LOUIS ABDUL FARRAKHAN -- LENORA FULANI -- HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET -- MARCUS MOZIAH GARVEY -- FRANCIS JAMES GRIMKE -- FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER -- BENJAMIN LAWSON HOOKS -- JESSE LOUIS JACKSON -- VERNON JOHNS -- BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN -- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. -- JOHN ROBERT LEWIS -- LOUIS E. LOMAX -- THURGOOD MARSHALL -- ROBERT PARRIS MOSES -- ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON -- ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR. -- COLIN LUTHER POWELL -- ASA PHILIP RANDOLPH -- CHARLES LENOX REMOND -- MARIA W. MILLER STEWART -- MARY ELIZA CHURCH TERRELL -- SOJOURNER TRUTH -- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON -- ALYCE FAYE WATTLETON -- IDA BELL WELLS-BARNETT -- WILLIAM WHIPPER -- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS WILDER -- FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS -- WALTER EDWARD WILLIAMS -- MALCOLM X -- ANDREW JACKSON YOUNG -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.