Prologue 3
1. The Kings of Stockbridge 9
2. Martin Luther 17
3. Sweet Auburn 25
4. "Black America Still Wears Chains" 42
5. The Open Curtain 53
6. "A Sense of Responsibility" 65
7. The Seminarian 74
8. "Madly Madly in Love" 81
9. The Match 88
10. The Dynamic Force 101
11. Plagiarism and Poetry 107
12. Gideon's Army 113
13. "A Precipitating Factor" 123
14. "My Soul Is Free" 139
15. "We Ain't Rabbit No More" 148
16. A Warning 159
17. Alabama's Moses 177
18. "I'm Glad You Didn't Sneeze" 195
19. The Pilgrimage 208
20. Leaving Montgomery 217
21. "Kennedy to the Rescue!" 234
22. The New Emancipation Proclamation 252
23. Temptation and Surveillance 270
24. "The Stuff Is Just in 'Em" 279
25. Birmingham Jail 293
26. The Dream, Part One 313
27. The Dream, Part Two 328
28. "The Most Dangerous Negro" 340
29. Man of the Year 351
30. A Law Observance Problem 366
31. The Prize 385
32. The Director 392
33. A New Sense of "Some-bodiness" 400
34. Crowbar 404
35. Selma 426
36. "The True Meaning of My Work" 439
37. "A Shining Moment" 447
38. Burning 458
39. Beware the Day 467
40. Chicago 475
41. Black Power 485
42. "I Hope King Gets It" 497
43. "Not an Easy Time for Me" 507
44. A Revolution of Values 522
45. Please Come to Memphis 531
Epilogue 553
Notes 559
Acknowledgments: Beloved Community 633
Index 643