Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Leroi Jones, Richard Wright, and Malcolm X
Ronald B. Sakolsky (editor), Robin D. G. Kelley (introduction), Franklin Rosemont (contributor), Penelope Rosemont (contributor), Guy Ducornet (contributor), Paul Garon (contributor), and David Roediger (contributor)