Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Consciousness of Race: Late Nineteenth Century Leaders and the Prelude to Modern Leadership; The Rising Color Line; Progressives and the Search for Opportunity; The 1920s: A Restructuring of Black Leadership Chapter 4 Consciousness of Class: The Great Depression and New Directions in Black Leadership; World War II and the Genesis of Modern Leadership; The 1950s: Civil Rights as a Middle Class Panacea; The 1960s: A Decade of Contentious Leadership Chapter 5 Consciousness of Self: The Nixon Years and the Retrenchment of Civil Rights; The Waning of Black Leadership; Gatekeepers at the Door Chapter 6 Epilogue Chapter 7 Notes Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index
