The White Image in the Black Mind

Mia Bay is Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for Historical Analysis at Rutgers University.

• Introduction:1. Desegregating American Racial Thought2. OverviewPart I: White People in Black EthnologyChapter 1: "Of One Blood God Created All The Nations Of Men": African-Americans Respond to the Rise of Ideological Racism, 1789-1830Chapter 2: The Redeemer Race and the Angry Saxon: Race, Gender, and White People in Antebellum Black EthnologyChapter 3: "What Shall We Do With The White People?": Whites in Postbellum Black ThoughtPart II: The Racial Thought of the SlavesIntroduction to Part IIChapter 4: "Us Is Human Flesh": The Racial Thought of the SlavesChapter 5: "Devils and Good People Walking De Road At De Same Time": White People in Black Folk ThoughtPart III: New Negroes, New Whites: Black Racial Thought in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 6: "A New Negro For A New Country": Black Racial Ideology, 1900-1925ConclusionNotesIndex

This is a meticulous and thought-provoking study of a hitherto neglected topic. It will deservedly take its place alongside the best recent scholarship on the enduring problem of race in American history