Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Before
  • 1. L.L. Goodman
  • 2. (Dis) Integration
  • 3. My Son Is Going to Be a Doctor
  • 4. Family Crises Change the Paradigm
  • 5. My Personal Goal
  • 6. The End of the Dream?
  • 7. Moving On Up, Sort Of
  • 8. Schooled
  • 9. Why Am I So Fortunate?
  • 10. A Sixteen-Year-Old Boy's Dream
  • 11. Junior Vaudeville
  • 12. Saying Goodbye and a Glimpse of My Future
  • Year One, 1961-1962
  • 13. Your Mama Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • 14. Okay, It's Showtime!
  • 15. What's Your Name? Where Are You From
  • 16. What's a Greek?
  • 17. A Peek at What Lies Ahead
  • 18. The Cleavers or the Bunkers?
  • 19. Ray Charles
  • 20. A New Low
  • 21. Something Really Special
  • 22. "I'm Terribly Aware of Her Presence
  • 23. It's My Turn-or Is It?
  • 24. What in the World Was That?
  • 25. Let's Try This Again
  • 26. Be Careful What You Ask For
  • 27. Welcome to the World of the Black Working Class
  • Year Two, 1962-1963
  • 28. Lickety-split
  • 29. Armageddon?
  • 30. The Unanticipated Price of Brotherhood
  • 31. Life as an Active Becomes Real
  • 32. The Elusive 3.0 GPA
  • 33. Here Come the Sammies
  • 34. Joy and Sorrow Interlaced
  • 35. The Horn Sounded and the Walls Came Tumbling Down
  • 36. Second Verse, Same as the First
  • 37. With Power Comes Responsibility
  • 38. The Challenge of the Dream
  • Year Three, 1963-1964
  • 39. "Though We Cannot Make Our Sun Stand Still, Yet We Will Make Him Run"
  • 40. WTF?
  • 41. September 19
  • 42. The Big Hurt
  • 43. The End of Camelot
  • 44. Hooray! I'm In!
  • 45. The 24 Hour Grill
  • 46. Really?
  • 47. The Storm Becomes a Hurricane
  • 48. The Last Dance
  • 49. Branching Out
  • 50. Little George
  • 51. The Music Man from Memphis
  • 52. Something Completely Different
  • 53. It's All Over but the Shouting
  • After
  • 54. Reflections
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index