Foreword / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
On the Evolution of Scholarship in Afro-American History / John Hope Franklin
1. Bibliography / Richard Newman
2. Reference Works / Barbara A. Burg and Randall K. Burkett
3. Internet Resources / Raquel Von Cogell
4. Manuscript Collections / Earl Lewis and Marya McQuirter
5. Primary Sources on Microform / Nathaniel Bunker
6. Newspapers and Selected Periodicals / James P. Danky
7. Government Documents / Debra Newman Ham
8. Oral History / Elinor Des Verney Sinnette
9. Art / Betty Kaplan Gubert and John Gennari
10. Music / Portia K. Maultsby
11. Photography / Deborah Willis
12. Film and Television / Thomas Cripps
14. 1492-1690 / John Thornton
15. 1690-1772 / Peter H. Wood
16. 1772-1831 / Gary B. Nash
17. 1831-1865 (South) / Stephanie Shaw
18. 1831-1865 (North) / Richard J. M. Blackett
19. 1865-1877 / Eric Foner
20. 1877-1915 / Leon F. Litwack
21. 1915-1932 / Joe W. Trotter and Jeffrey Conrad Stewart
22. 1932-1945 / Nancy L. Grant and Darlene Clark Hine
23. 1945-1968 / Clayborne Carson
24. 1968-1999 / John H. Bracey, Adam Biggs and Corey Walker
25. Women / Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
27. Autobiography and Biography / Randall K. Burkett, Leon F. Litwack and Richard Newman.