Introduction.

W. E. B. Du Bois.

W. C. Handy.

Philip A. Payton Jr.

Jessie Redmon Fauset.

Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle.

Oscar Micheaux.

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey.

James Van Der Zee.

Marcus Garvey.

Francis Hall Johnson.

Zora Neale Hurston.

Augusta Savage.

Bessie Smith.

Paul Robeson.

Duke Ellington.

Thomas Andrew Dorsey.

Louis Armstrong.

Langston Hughes.

Dorothy West.

Chronology.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Picture Credits.

Author Credits.

Index.