Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Little Africa -- Jail : Southern detention to global liberation -- Friends like these : race and neoconservatism -- After civil rights : the rise of Black public intellectuals -- Have mask, will travel : centrists from the Ivy League -- A capital fellow from Hoover : Shelby Steele -- Reflections of a first amendment trickster : Stephen Carter -- Man without connection : John McWhorter -- American myth : illusions of liberty and justice for all -- Prison : colored bodies, private profit -- Conclusion: What then must we do?