Introduction: Children and teenagers: foot soldiers for democracy
Freedom on their minds. Youth and Civil Rights activism before the Brown decision ; Grace under pressure: children, teenagers, and school desegregation ; High school students and nonviolent direct-action protests ; The Birmingham Children's Crusade and Southern student activism
The quality integrated education movement. Freedom Day boycotts: Chicago, Boston, and New York City ; Every child a freedom soldier: Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Mississippi
From Civil Rights to Black Power. Police brutality, Black self-defense, and student activism ; Civil Rights, Black Power, and increasing youth militancy
Epilogue: "Keep stirring up 'good trouble'".