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Contents Acknowledgments Author’s Note 1. The Black Bourgeois Blues 2. The Research Begins, 1995 3. The Early Career of J. Ernest Wilkins 4. Chicago 5. I Discover a New Ancestor 6. Memphis, Tennessee, 1874–1878 7. The Renegade Baptist, 1885–1887 8. The People’s Temple, 1887–1888 9. The Bigamist, 1889–1915 10. St. Louis 11. Farmington, Missouri 12. Blackness 13. J. Ernest Wilkins in Washington, 1953–1955 14. In Washington, 1955–1957 15. The Civil Rights Commission, 1957–1958 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index ix xi 1 11 21 29 39 49 55 61 69 79 91 105 113 125 145 157 161 171 179 ...

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