Table of Contents:
  • "Manhood rights" : progress and the politics of respectability, 1899-1906
  • "To humiliate the progressive Negro" : the Atlanta race riot of 1906
  • "Respectable militants" : the Neighborhood Union and the transformation of the politics of respectability, 1908-1913
  • "Close ranks" : World War I as a crucible for Black solidarity, 1913-1919
  • "A satisfied part of our composite citizenship" : the fight for Booker T. Washington High School, 1918-1924
  • Epilogue: "Self-determination at the ballot box".