| Contents |
Introduction by Maxwell Geismar. I. Letters from prison. On becoming -- Soul on ice -- Four vignettes, 1. On Watts, 2. Eyes, 3. Soul food, 4. A religious conversion, more or less -- "The Christ" and his teachings -- A day in Folsom Prison -- Initial reactions on the assassination of Malcolm X. II. Blood of the beast. The white race and its heroes -- Lazarus, come forth -- Notes on a native son -- Rallying round the flag -- The black man's stake in Vietnam -- Domestic law and international order. III. Prelude to love--three letters. IV. White woman, black man. The allegory of the black Eunuchs -- The primeval mitosis -- Convalescence -- To all black women, from all black men. |
