From the Book - First edition.
Movie night at Woodrow Wilson's White House
The rare and extraordinary sighting of a Black filmmaker
A most peculiar kind of fame
An interlude - 1933, Babyface & Chico
Flashback, The 1939 Academy Awards
Dangerous love,starring Inger Stevens, Sammy Davis Jr., James Edwards, Ike Jones, and Dorothy Dandridge
The pricey Black movie that vanished, and how it came to be
Two cool cats with Caribbean roots disrupt Hollywood
Flashback, The 1964 Academy Awards
The hustlers, detectives, and pimps who stunned Hollywood
Foxy Brown arrives, vanishes, and gets resurrected
Flashback, The 1972 Academy Awards
Berry Gordy dares to make movies
Kunta Kinte seizes the moment
Aiming a camera in Brooklyn
The blackout that haunted a decade