Introduction: The Prism of Race --

1. Black America in Search of Itself --

2. Race and Realignment in American Politics --

3. At the End of the Rainbow --

4. Race and Class in the US Presidential Election of 1992 --

5. Politics, Personality and Protest in Harlem: The Rangel-Powell Congressional Race --

6. Affirmative Action and the Politics of Race --

7. Clarence Thomas and the Crisis of Black Political Culture --

8. Blueprint for Black Studies --

9. Black Studies, Multiculturalism and the Future of American Education --

10. Education, Faith and the Promise of Equality --

11. Malcolm as Messiah: Cultural Myth versus Historical Reality --

12. Memory and Militancy in Transition: The 1993 March on Washington --

13. Benjamin Chavis and the Crisis of Black Leadership --

14. Black Intellectuals in Conflict --

15. African-American Empowerment in the Face of Racism: The Political Aftermath of the Battle of Los Angeles.