Slavery and the post-World War II historians /David Brion Davis -- The Black experience of colonialism and imperialism / Philip D. Curtin -- 1960: a turning point in the study of race relations / Michael Banton -- The Caribbean region / Sidney W. Mintz -- The African presence in Caribbean literature / Edward Kamau Brathwaite -- The present status of Afro-American research in Latin America / Roger Bastide -- Black Africa: the historians' perspective / J.F. Ade, Ajayi and E.J. Alagoa -- Themes in African literature today / Per Wästberg -- The musical heritage of Africa / J.H. Kwabena Nketia -- Black history unbound / Benjamin Quarles -- The plight of Black students in the United States / Thomas Sowell.