Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1

1. "All I Ask Is Give Me a Chance"

2. "The Negro's Natural Home"

3. "Tell Me About the Place"

4. "Bound for the Promised Land"

Part 2

5. "Home People" and "Old Settlers"

6. "Don't Have to Look up to the White Man"

7. "Eny Kind of Worke"

8. "The White Man's Union"

9. "What Work Can I Get If I Go through School?"

Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index