The time is always now: Black thought and the transformation of US democracy

Introduction: Black thought and the transformation of US public philosophy

1. From indignation to dignity: What anger does for democracy

2. "This is personal": The politics of relationships in Jim Crow America

3. The art of citizenship: Nella Larson, James Baldwin, and the difficulty of knowing others

4. "A greater, broader sense of humanity and world fellowship": Black worldly citizenship from Douglass to Malcolm X

5. "Religion in the sense of striving for the infinite": Faith, pluralism, and democratic action

6. "The moment we're in": The democratic imagination of Barack Obama

A coda for my colleagues: Fusing critique and vision