Part One: On the Folk. Bits of Our Harlem
High John de Conquer
The Last Slave Ship
Characteristics of Negro Expression
Conversions and Visions
Shouting
Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals
Ritualistic Expression from the Lips of the Communicants of the Seventh Day Church of God
Part Two: On Art and Such. You don't Know Us Negroes
Fannie Hurst
Art and Such
Stories of Conflict
The Chick with One Hen
Jazz Regarded as Social Achievement
Review of Voodoo in New Orleans by Robert Tallant
What White Publishers Won't Print
Part Three: On Race and Gender. The Hue and Cry About Howard University
The Emperor Effaces Himself
The Ten Commandments of Charm
Noses
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Race Cannot Become Great Until It Recognizes Its Talent
Now Take Noses
Lawrence of the River
My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience
The Lost Keys of Glory
The South Was Had
Take for Instance Spessard Holland
Part Four: On Politics. The "Pet Negro" System
Negroes Without Self-Pity
The Rise of the Begging Joints
Crazy for This Democracy
I Saw Negro Votes Peddled
Mourner's Bench
A Negro Voter Sizes Up Taft
Court Order Can't Make Races Mix
Which Way the NAACP?
Part Five: On the Trial of Ruby McCollum. Zora's Revealing Story of Ruby's 1st Day in Court!
Victim of Fate!
Ruby Sane!
Ruby McCollum Fights for Life
Bare Plot Against Ruby
Trial Highlights
Justice and Fair Play Aim of Judge Adams as Ruby Goes on Trial
McCollum-Adams Trial Highlights
Ruby Bares Her Love Life
Ruby's Story: Doctor's Threats, Tussle over Gun Led to Slaying!
Ruby's Troubles Mount: Named in $100,000 Lawsuit!
The Life Story of Mrs. Ruby J. McCollum!
My Impressions of the Trial.