"First edition published by Beacon Press in 1955. First Beacon paperback published in 1957."--Title page verso

The author shares his views of black thought and the conditions of black life in America during the 1940's and early 1950's

Introduction /

Edward P. Jones --

Acknowledgments --

Preface to the 1984 Edition --

Autobiographical Notes --

Part 1.

Everybody's Protest Novel ; Many Thousands Gone ; Carmen Jones: The Dark Is Light Enough --

Part 2.

The

Harlem Ghetto ; Journey to Atlanta ; Notes of a Native Son --

Part 3.

Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown ;

A

Question of Identity ; Equal in Paris ; Stranger in the Village