This text presents a selection of essays and speeches written between 1890 and 1930 by Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph and Marcus Garvey. The work analyses African-American political thought, defining the options confronting African Americans in the 20th century.

Preface, Introduction, I. Booker T. Washington, II. W.E.B. Du Bois, III. Marcus Garvey, IV. A. Philip Randolph, Index, About the Editor