Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; I: ""They Sang a Song of Triumph; 1. ""Go Sound the Jubilee; 2. ""Uplifting the Race; II: ""Depths to Which Mere Sound Had No Business to Go; 1. ""The Most Treasured Heritage of the American Negro; 2. ""Their Joy Runs, Bang! Into Ecstasy; III: ""The Only True History of the Times; 1. ""Not Many People Ever Really Hear It; 2. ""The Brother Does Not [Does] Sing; IV: ""The Length of the Music Was the Only Form
1. ""There Must Be Some People Who Lived For Music2. ""The Sound Baked Inside Their Heads; Coda: ""What Good Is a Liturgy Without a Text?; Selected Bibliography; Selected Discography; Index
