From the Book - First edition
Part One: On the Folk. Bits of Our Harlem --
Characteristics of Negro Expression --
Conversions and Visions --
Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals --
Ritualistic Expression from the Lips of the Communicants of the Seventh Day Church of God --
Part Two: On Art and Such. You don't Know Us Negroes --
The Chick with One Hen --
Jazz Regarded as Social Achievement --
Review of Voodoo in New Orleans by Robert Tallant --
What White Publishers Won't Print --
Part Three: On Race and Gender. The Hue and Cry About Howard University --
The Emperor Effaces Himself --
The Ten Commandments of Charm --
How It Feels to Be Colored Me --
Race Cannot Become Great Until It Recognizes Its Talent --
My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience --
The Lost Keys of Glory --
Take for Instance Spessard Holland --
Part Four: On Politics. The "Pet Negro" System --
Negroes Without Self-Pity --
The Rise of the Begging Joints --
Crazy for This Democracy --
I Saw Negro Votes Peddled --
A Negro Voter Sizes Up Taft --
Court Order Can't Make Races Mix --
Part Five: On the Trial of Ruby McCollum. Zora's Revealing Story of Ruby's 1st Day in Court! --
Ruby McCollum Fights for Life --
Bare Plot Against Ruby --
Justice and Fair Play Aim of Judge Adams as Ruby Goes on Trial --
McCollum-Adams Trial Highlights --
Ruby Bares Her Love Life --
Ruby's Story: Doctor's Threats, Tussle over Gun Led to Slaying! --
Ruby's Troubles Mount: Named in $100,000 Lawsuit! --
The Life Story of Mrs. Ruby J. McCollum! --
My Impressions of the Trial
