Introduction / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Up the hill / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Roy Lee DeBerry / Jarvis Q. DeBerry -- A son in shadow / Fred D'Aguiar -- The tail of color / HonoreĢe Fanonne Jeffers -- Keziah / Gwendolyn Brooks -- My country 'tis of thee / Della Taylor Scott -- Letter from Monticello / Lise Funderburg -- A curious absence / Trent Masiki -- My cleaning lady / Marilyn Nelson -- From I'm Katherine : a memoir / W. Warren Harper -- Peace offerings / Tara Bets -- The future in my arms / Edwidge Danticat -- Making noise / Karen Chandler -- Brothers and sisters / Alice Walker -- A racial education, part two / Gerald Early -- Fathering words / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Spirit family of the streets / Kalamu ya Salaam.
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