Introduction: "unexamined lives" : the study of African American journalism autobiography
Journalism : memory, history, and context
Form, function, and the public sphere in Jill Nelson's Volunteer slavery
Volunteer slavery and the speech aspects of the autobiographical manifesto
Surveillance and performance in Nathan McCall's Makes me wanna holler
Jake Lamar, Patricia Raybon, and the autobiographical manifesto form
Memoir and the African American newsroom experience : themes and considerations
Conclusion: the synergy between race, class, gender, and profession in African American journalists' autobiographies.