Introduction : Reading the writing on the wall
Racing robots and making slaves : how the past informs the future
Proslavery thought and the black robot : selling household appliances to Southern belles
The true cult of humanhood : displacing repressed sexuality onto mechanical bodies
The tragic mulatto and the android : imitations of life in literature and on the silver screen
AI (artificial identity) : the new negro
From Fritz Lang to Janelle Monae : black robots singing and dancing
Conclusion : When the revolution comes.