"Black mass" from the novel The life and loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, by C. Brown.
Chapter 16 from the novel Groove, bang, and jive around, by S. Cannon.
"Goong hai fot choy" from the novel A Chinese lady dies, by F. Chin.
An excerpt from the novel Rhythm section/Part one, by V. H. Cruz.
"Part one of a two-part prologue" from the novel We can't breathe, by R. Fair.
"Sly and the Family Stone," Black music criticism, by D. Henderson.
Excerpt from the novel Scarecrow people, by C. Hernton.
"Answers in progress" from Tales, by L. Jones.
"Jest, like Sam" from the novel Dunfords travels everywheres, by W. M. Kelley.
Chapter X from an untitled novel, by P. Lofty.
"We is grunts" and "Gypsy" from the novel All-night visitors, by C. Major.
Legacy, a play, by C. Patterson.
The finger meal, a play, by R. J. Pringle.
Hoom, a short story, by N. H. Pritchard.
Excerpt from the novel Tales of poor Ulysses, by L. Raphael.
Cab Calloway stands in for the moon, from the novel Mumbo jumbo, by I. Reed.
Part I, sections 5 and 6, from the novel The man who cried I am, by J. A. Williams.
Chapters 4 and 5 from the novel The wig, by C. Wright.
Excerpts from the novel Snakes, by A. Young.