You don't know us Negroes: and other essays

Part One: On the Folk. Bits of Our Harlem --

High John de Conquer --

The Last Slave Ship --

Characteristics of Negro Expression --

Conversions and Visions --

Shouting --

Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals --

Ritualistic Expression from the Lips of the Communicants of the Seventh Day Church of God --

Part Two: On Art and Such. You don't Know Us Negroes --

Fannie Hurst --

Art and Such --

Stories of Conflict --

The Chick with One Hen --

Jazz Regarded as Social Achievement --

Review of Voodoo in New Orleans by Robert Tallant --

What White Publishers Won't Print --

Part Three: On Race and Gender. The Hue and Cry About Howard University --

The Emperor Effaces Himself --

The Ten Commandments of Charm --

Noses --

How It Feels to Be Colored Me --

Race Cannot Become Great Until It Recognizes Its Talent --

Now Take Noses --

Lawrence of the River --

My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience --

The Lost Keys of Glory --

The South Was Had --

Take for Instance Spessard Holland --

Part Four: On Politics. The "Pet Negro" System --

Negroes Without Self-Pity --

The Rise of the Begging Joints --

Crazy for This Democracy --

I Saw Negro Votes Peddled --

Mourner's Bench --

A Negro Voter Sizes Up Taft --

Court Order Can't Make Races Mix --

Which Way the NAACP? --

Part Five: On the Trial of Ruby McCollum. Zora's Revealing Story of Ruby's 1st Day in Court! --

Victim of Fate! --

Ruby Sane! --

Ruby McCollum Fights for Life --

Bare Plot Against Ruby --

Trial Highlights --

Justice and Fair Play Aim of Judge Adams as Ruby Goes on Trial --

McCollum-Adams Trial Highlights --

Ruby Bares Her Love Life --

Ruby's Story: Doctor's Threats, Tussle over Gun Led to Slaying! --

Ruby's Troubles Mount: Named in $100,000 Lawsuit! --

The Life Story of Mrs. Ruby J. McCollum! --

My Impressions of the Trial.