Introduction
Chapter One
The Colored Kid from Clearfield
Chapter Two
George A. Scott: A Master Teacher
Chapter Three
Leaving the Nest
Chapter Four
The Minor Leagues
Chapter Five
The Kid from Brooklyn
Chapter Six
Breaking Away
Chapter Seven
Boll Weevil
Chapter Eight
A Tale of Two Black Cities
Chapter Nine
Harlem: The Colony Converges
Chapter Ten
Harlem II: Gerald Fraser
Chapter Eleven
Harlem III: Ted Jones,Tom Johnson, Austin Scott, Junius Griffin, Wallace Terry, Les Carson, Claude Lewis
Chapter Twelve
Get Back Here Now!
Chapter Thirteen
Malcolm X
Chapter Fourteen
White Reporters Out!
Chapter Fifteen
Watts
Chapter Sixteen
The Grandassa Models
Chapter Seventeen
Thirteen Months, Three Papers
Chapter Eighteen
How Bradlee Snared Maynard
Essays
Getting My Foot in the Door
by Gerald Fraser
Excerpt: From Then To Now, A personal essay on the Media, the Civil Rights Movement and the Aftermath
by Austin Scott
A Graduate of The Black Press Looks Back
by Tom Johnson
I Was Going to Be a Timesman
by Ted Jones
Biographies
Earl Caldwell
Gerald Fraser
Tom Johnson
Ted Jones
Austin Scott
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