- 1Epigraph — Dedication
- 2Author’s Preface — Not to Boast but to Boost
- 3First Africans Visit Virginia — Invited Guests Detained
- 4The Colored Race in the Wars of the U. S. — In the Colonial, French…
- 5In the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) — Crispus Attucks
- 6Through the “Underground Railroad” — Every Local Was a Special
- 7In the Civil War (1861-1865) — Abraham Lincoln
- 8On the Plantations Broad-Mindedness
- 9Folk-Lore Songs of the American Negro — Different Emotions
- 10Through Reconstruction Days — Frederick Douglass
- 11In Congress
- 12In the Spanish-American War
- 13In the World War (1914-1918) — James Reese Europe
- 14On the Sea — “Of the People, by the People, for the People”
- 15The Stevedores
- 16Highest Colored Officers in the United States Army — A Brunette Gen…
- 17In the World War — At Home
- 18In the Churches — Fresh Air Religion
- 19In the Sunday Schools
- 20The Young Women’s Christian Association — The Girl Reserve
- 21The Young Men’s Christian Association — The “Y” Men
- 22National Association of Colored Women — National Colored Club Women
- 23National Uplift Organization Founded and Run by Negroes
- 24The Pan-African Congress
- 25Marcus Garvey
- 26On the Farm
- 27On the Farm — Chestnut Hunting
- 28In the Trade Schools — Booker T. Washington
- 29In the Rural Schools
- 30In Business Schools — The Pen and the Typewriter
- 31In Business — Racial Co-Operation
- 32In Banking — Every Dollar Saved Shows a Little More (Sense) Cents
- 33In Real Estate
- 34In Insurance — Poverty in Old Age
- 35Secret and Fraternal Organs — Helpful Boosts
- 36Among the Lawyers — A Lawyer in Time Saves Many a Dime
- 37In Newspaper Work — Newspapers and Magazines
- 38In Book Writing — Inspiring Books
- 39In Higher Education
- 40In the Sciences — Mat Henson
- 41In Medicine — The Medicine Man
- 42In Dentistry — The Toothache Man
- 43In Inventions — New Ideas — New Things
- 44In Poetry — The Poets
- 45Among the Artists — The Artist
- 46Among the Sculptors — Magic Chisels
- 47In Vocal Music — Heavens Repast
- 48In Instrumental Music — Music’s Power
- 49In Athletics — Some Man
- 50Baseball — “Play Ball”
- 51Basketball — George Gilmore
- 52Prize Fighting — “Jack” Johnson
- 53Rowing — To Whom It May Concern
- 54Swimming — Diving-Treading-Floating
- 55Skating — Dutch Roll Figure Eight-Grape-vine Twist
- 56Tennis — It’s All in the Game
- 57Golfing — “Tee-Off” and “Fore”
- 58An Athletic Dawn of To-morrow
- 59On the Stage — Charles L. Gilpin
- 60“Real White” Friends — Hopefulness and Gratefulness
- 61Corrected Fraternal Information
- 62I Must Proclaim Your Absent Name Is Not My Blame
- 63Epigraph
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