Foreword -- Russell Simmons -- Introduction -- Ben Jealous -- Trabian Shorters -- Essays -- Shaka Senghor -- Reverend Tony Lee -- Shawn Dove -- John Legend -- D'Wayne Edwards -- Dr. Eddie Connor -- Ben Jealous -- Rashaun Williams -- Emmanuel Cephus -- Barrington Irving -- Ron Davenport -- Jarvis Sulcer -- Yusef Shakur -- Van Jones -- Senator Eodney Ellis -- Alex Peay -- Lance goodwin -- Isiah Thomas -- Travis McCready -- Rodney D. Foxworth, Jr -- Rashid Shabazz -- Mel Mason -- Justin Davis -- Trabian Shorters -- Horace Madison -- John Hope Bryant -- Louis Gossett, Jr -- Frederick Hutson -- Bill T. Jones -- Reverend Al Sharpton -- Alfred Liggins, III -- Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. -- Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery -- Rev. Raphael Warnock -- Commander Paul Tanks -- Lamman Rucker -- Derrick Johnson -- George Gresham -- Stephen Deberry -- Talib Kweli -- Afterword: Dr. John Sylvanus Wilson, Jr -- Foreword: Russell Simmons.