Prologue: The election of 1928 -- The election of 1932 -- New Deal or new bluff? -- Organizing a special interest group -- The rise of Black Democratic politicians -- The battle for antilynching legislation -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- The Black cabinet -- A climate of racial conservatism -- The election of 1936 -- Why Blacks became Democrats -- Race in the second Roosevelt administration -- The election of 1940 -- Conclusion.
