Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Preface by Cornel West -- Introduction by Kelvin Shawn Sealey -- Harry Belafonte -- Bill Bradley -- Charlayne Hunter-Gault -- The Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., and the Reverend Dr. James M. Washington -- Wynton Marsalis -- Patricia Williams -- Haki Madhubuti -- Maya Angelou -- "Catch the fire" by Sonia Sanchez -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- The Obsidian society