To save my race from abuse: the life of Samuel Robert Cassius

"I am what I am" : the formative years

The three emancipators : encounters in the nation's Capital

The molding of a mind : personal influences and literary sources

"Do you believe the Bible?" : Samuel Robert Cassius's use of Scripture

"The whole thing is a pious fraud" : Samuel Robert Cassius and the missionary society controversy

"No race suicide on this ranch" : race, family, and finances

"The Booker T. Washington of Oklahoma" : Samuel Robert Cassius and the Tohee Industrial School

"Tried in the fire" : life in Black Oklahoma

Mind poisoning : the racial thought of Samuel Robert Cassius

The setting of a "sun" : the legacy of Samuel Robert Cassius.