Preface --[ch.] 1. "A negro's life is a very cheap thing in Georgia" -- [ch.] 2. Judge Lynch's Law -- [ch.] 3. To gather my race in my arms -- [ch.] 4. The compromise -- [ch.] 5. "Let the eagle scream!" -- [ch.] 6. Writing history with lightning -- [ch.] 7. The wisest and best response -- [ch.] 8. The shame of America -- [ch.] 9. The tragedy of lynching -- [ch.] 10. States' rights, states' wrongs -- [ch.] 11. It can happen here -- [ch.] 12. Under color of law -- Epilogue.