| Foreword | vii |
| Prologue | ix |
| Chapter 1 | "In the beginning..." | 1 |
| Chapter 2 | "Daddy wuz a real 'mutha for ya...!" | 3 |
| Chapter 3 | "Following the yellow brick road..." | 5 |
| Chapter 4 | "Momma stood alone... but she was never lonely.." | 7 |
| Chapter 5 | "the haunts of Herman Street.." | 11 |
| Chapter 6 | "the family that Strays together..." | 16 |
| Chapter 7 | "the Fugitives ...from Just Us!" | 21 |
| Chapter 8 | "How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm, when..." | 25 |
| Chapter 9 | "the Troop Street Retreat!..." | 29 |
| Chapter 10 | "color him Father..." | 33 |
| Chapter 11 | "some Jefferson Avenue Jive...!" | 41 |
| Chapter 12 | "Busing... and fussing!" | 53 |
| Chapter 13 | "The Wild, Wild West!" | 76 |
| Chapter 14 | "...so let the Games begin!!" | 87 |
| Chapter 15 | "Madison ... a re-organization Plantation!" | 95 |
| Chapter 16 | "...the metamorphosis of me!" | 101 |
| Chapter 17 | "The Shaw U. Preview ... (of Life!)" | 110 |
| Chapter 18 | "losing It!" | 117 |
| Chapter 19 | "You really can't go home again!" | 120 |
| Chapter 20 | "Summer Madness..." | 123 |
| Chapter 21 | "Super Soph!!" | 127 |
| Chapter 22 | "the post-Alpha syndrome" | 135 |
| Chapter 23 | "Ow!! She's a Brick..House!!" | 138 |
| Chapter 24 | "a Junior year Jamboree!" | 141 |
| Chapter 25 | "my Mardi Gras good time" | 143 |
| Chapter 26 | "the final year Fling!" | 151 |
| Chapter 27 | "just a little weed... in a Flower City!!" | 154 |
| Chapter 28 | "Shakin' and Snakin' ... in Charm City!" | 161 |
| Chapter 29 | "welcome to a ... Sissycity!!" | 185 |
| Chapter 30 | "single... and ready to mingle!" | 189 |
| Chapter 31 | "DC - the acronym for Drug City!" | 206 |
| Chapter 32 | "On the Daddy Track again." | 211 |
| Chapter 33 | "Hey Henry ... how ya like me now!" | 219 |
| Chapter 34 | "the Epiphany!" | 223 |
| Chapter 35 | "Memo Wars" | 228 |
| Chapter 36 | "..and Heaven sent me an Angel!" | 231 |
| Chapter 37 | "When life gives you lemons...make Lemonade!" | 237 |
| Chapter 38 | "Law and Dis-Order!" | 243 |
| Chapter 39 | "Introducing... Dis-com-bob-u-lating Jones!" | 247 |
| Epilogue | 273 |
