I May Not Get There With You

Contents

Preface "We as a People Will Get to the Promised Land": Martin and Us

Introduction "You Don't Need to Go Out Saying Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a Saint": The American Hero

Part I. IDEOLOGY

Chapter 1 "I Saw That Dream Turn Into a Nightmare": From Color-Blindness to Black Compensation

Chapter 2 "Most Americans Are Unconscious Racists": Beyond Liberalism

Chapter 3 "As I Ponder the Madness of Vietnam": The Outlines of a Militant Pacifism

Chapter 4 "America Must Move Toward a Democratic Socialism": A Progressive Social Blueprint

Chapter 5 "We Did Engage in a Black Power Move": An Integrationist Embraces Enlightened Black Nationalism

Part II. IDENTITY

Chapter 6 "I Had to Know God for Myself": The Shape of a Radical Faith

Chapter 7 "Somewhere I Read of the Freedom of Speech": Constructing a Unique Voice

Chapter 8 "There Is a Civil War Going on Within All of Us": Sexual Personae in the Revolution

Chapter 9 "I Have Walked Among the Desperate, Rejected, and Angry": Two Generations of the Young, Gifted, and Black

Chapter 10 "The Primary Obligation of the Woman Is That of Motherhood": The Pitfalls of Patriarchy

Part III. IMAGE

Chapter 11 "Be True to What You Said on Paper": A Critical Patriotism

Chapter 12 "I Won't Have Any Money to Leave Behind": The Ownership of a Great Man

Chapter 13 "If I Have to Go Through This to Give the People a Symbol": The Burden of Representation

Epilogue "Lil' Nigger, Just Where You Been?": Metaphors and Movements

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index