Entertaining race: performing Blackness in America

Introduction: command performance --

The arts. I love music: on the concert stage --

Do you see what I see?: in the photograph --

Act like you know: in the theater --

Represent: on the silver screen --

Religion. Holy hallways: in divinity school --

Do you hear what I hear?: God in the public square --

I love to tell the story: in the pulpit --

Eulogizing ancestors: in the grieving sanctuary --

Bodies in motion. Balling out: in the arena --

To live up to their own constitution: in politics --

Cooler than the other side of the pillow: in Black masculine style --

The life of the mind. Class notes: at the lectern --

Think about it: in the study --

Talk back. Tete-a-tete: in conversation with the younger generation --

Battling brains: on the debate state --

Publics. The right address: speeches on the public state --

The right of the people peaceably to assembly: protest orations --

Read the papers!: opinion pages --

Graduated tax: on the commencement stage.