Introduction : a celebration of the few
Skimming the top : how money rises above merit
Crossing Eight Mile : how the rich deny education to the poor
Putting out fires : the origins of college affirmative action
The golden pipeline : profiting from preferences
Collegiate divisions : the volatile mix on campuses
Assault from the right : affirmative action under attack
By any means necessary : Black voices fight to be heard
Breaching walls : the uprising of the excluded
The diversity dodge : fuzzy research to the rescue
Supreme reckoning : the changing legal landscape
The worried White House : Bush faces an American dilemma
Voices from on high : the establishment speaks
Affirmative action affirmed : the Supreme Court grants a reprieve
The struggle continues : democracy rears its head.