Stories •
Samuel R. Delany, "Aye, and Gomorrah..." •
Octavia E. Butler, "
The Evening and the Morning and the Night" •
Charles R. Saunders, "Gimmile's Songs" •
Steven Barnes, "The Woman in the Wall" •
Tananarive Due, "Like Daughter" •
Jewelle Gomez, "Chicago 1927" •
George S. Schuyler, "
Black No More" (excerpt from the novel) •
Ishmael Reed, "Future Christmas" (novel excerpt) •
Kalamu ya Salaam, "Can You Wear My Eyes" •
Robert Fleming, "The Astral Visitor Delta Blues" •
Nalo Hopkinson, "Ganger (Ball Lightning)" •
W. E. B. Du Bois, "The Comet" •
Linda Addison, "Twice, at Once, Separated" •
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, "Sister Lilith" •
Evie Shockley, "separation anxiety" •
Leone Ross, "Tasting Songs" •
Nalo Hopkinson, "Greedy Choke Puppy" •
Amiri Baraka, "Rhythm Travel" •
Kalamu ya Salaam, "Buddy Bolden" •
Akua Lezli Hope, "The Becoming" •
Charles W. Chesnutt, "The Goophered Grapevine" •
Nisi Shawl, "At the Huts of Ajala" •
Henry Dumas, "Ark of Bones" • Tony Medina, "Butta's Backyard Barbecue" •
Kiini Ibura Salaam, "At Life's Limits" •
Anthony Joseph, "The African Origins of UFOs" (excerpt from the novel) •
Derrick Bell, "
The Space Traders" •
Darryl A. Smith, "The Pretended" •
Ama Patterson, "Hussy Strutt"
Essays •
Samuel R. Delany, "Racism and Science Fiction" •
Charles R. Saunders, "Why Blacks Should Read (and Write) Science Fiction" •
Walter Mosley, "Black to the Future" •
Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, "Yet Do I Wonder" •
Octavia E. Butler, "The Monophobic Response"
Reviews •
The New York Times Review by Gerald Jonas (2000) • Scifi.com Review by Joe Monti, Issue 167 (July 2000) •
MAKING BOOKS; Science Fiction, A Black Natural by Martin Arnold,
New York Times (2000) • Steven Silver's Review • African American Review by Candice M. Jenkins (Winter 2000) • Locus Magazine Review by Gary K. Wolfe (July 2000) • Locus Magazine Review by Faren Miller (June 2000) • Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) Journal Review by Colleen R. Cahill (November 2001) • Science Fiction Studies at DePauw University Review by Isiah Lavender III (March 2001) • SF Site Featured Review by Greg L. Johnson (2001) • A.V. Club Review by Tasha Robinson (2002)
Awards • 2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology • 2000 New York Times Notable Book of the Year • Best SF and Fantasy Books of 2000: Editors' Choice, Honourable Mention ==Book II contents==