Introduction : the soul of change
section 1. The weight. I am a man / Jesse Epps
A dream is a good place to start / Endesha Holland
King of the blues / B.B. King
Twisted steel and sex appeal / Sputnik Monroe
Gentleman of the press / Vernon Jarrett
Skin dive / Dr. Sammy Lee
American Gandhi / James Lawson
The birth of Elvis / Jim Dickinson
The jump-off point / Jerome Smith
"Like little tortures each day" / Carol Swann-Daniels
section 2. We shall not be moved. A blinding flash opened our eyes / Carolyn McKinstry
Justice never sleeps / William Baxley
The veil of amnesia / Diane McWhorter
Heaven can wait / Joseph Lowery
Cracking the system / Raylawni Branch
Louisiana moon / Maurice Landrieu
Wake up, Washington! / Rachelle Horowitz
The brutal truth / Karl Fleming
Mother courage / Carolyn Goodman
Hour of power / Alvin Poussaint
Love story in black and white / Constancia Romilly
Hard-wired for freedom / Heather Booth
Help from on high / Curtis Graves
At history's elbow / Samuel Kyles
section 3. The wings of the future. Founding sisters / Susan Brownmiller
Unprincipled principal / Jose Angel Gutierrez
Shooting for big fish / Diane Wilson
Wheels of progress / Michelle Steger
Threads in the civil rights quilt / Barney Frank
Rewriting the lies / Suzan Harjo
The Latino underground railroad / John Fife
A more perfect union / Tawanda Murray
A living hope / Eugene Rivers
Afterword / Marion Wright Edelman.