Creating the paradigm: racial hierarchy
Constructing racial categories from the nation's founding to the Civil War
Maintaining white dominance during Reconstruction
Preventing black excellence between Plessy and Brown
Sustaining the paradigm: white isolation and black separation and subordination
Maintaining racial segregation in schools and neighborhoods from Brown to the 21st century
Victimizing blacks in the 21st century
Ending the paradigm: building a post-racial America
Black empowerment and self-help
Integration and equality.