Chapter 1: The beginning of me
Dreams and reality
The calculus of poverty
Fun, games, and gangs
Adolescent growth
Manhood
Inside a pocket of poverty
Chapter 2: Kindergarten and elementary school
Kindergarten
First and second grade
Third and fourth grade
Fifth and sixth grade
Seventh and eighth grade
reflections
Caring about all students
Chapter 3: High school
Straddling race relations
My first philosophical foundations
This i believe
Chapter 4: Colleges
Michigan State University
Wayne State University
Becoming a university professor
Chapter 5: Settling into Oklahoma
Living in a former sundown town
Prominent black Oklahomans
The university community
Chapter 6: Doing the work of an activist
About Martin Luther King, Jr.
A moment of hypocrisy
From Dr. King's dream to community action
Collaborating with allies
Campus challenges
Afterthoughts
Chapter 7: Doing the work of a teacher
Creating the human relations department
Welcoming the inaugural class
Trouble in my first human relations class
Teaching students the right way
A parable
The art and science of teaching
Chapter 8: My growth as a humane person
Unthinkable things
On civil rights battlefields
Things have changed
Communications and miscommunications
Building new relationships
Critical thinking
More challenges.