Essays on all phases of Black America by the bestknown authorities in the field. Covers history, legal status, women, sports, the arts, religion, politics, yout

Presents information on all aspects of Afro-American life including politics, employment and income, education, religion, literature, performing arts, science a

Baker envisages the mission of black culture since the 1920s as "Afro-American spirit work." In the blues, the post-modernist "chant poem," the oratory of Malco