From the Book - First Da Capo Press edition
Introduction / Eric Foner
2. The "Let Alone" Policy of Hayes
3. Dead Center Under Cleveland
4. The Reopening Under Harrison
5. The Nadir Under McKinley
6. The Supreme Court and the Negro
7. The Economic Roots of Second-Class Citizenship: Agriculture
8. The Economic Roots of Second-Class Citizenship: Organized Labor
9. Introduction: The Mind of the North, 1877-1901
10. National Issues in the Northern Press, 1877-1890
11. National Issues in the Northern Press, 1890-1901
12. The "Color Line" in the "New North," 1877-1901
13. The Negro as Portrayed in the Leading Literary Magazines
14. The Atlanta Compromise
15. The Roots of Recovery
16. "A Low, Rugged Plateau"
17. "A Shore, Dimly Seen"
18. The Negro as Portrayed in Representative Northern Magazines and Newspapers
