First-2d ed. published under title: The American Negro; a chronology and fact book.

Chronology -- Selected bibliography on the Afro-American -- Libraries with Black-American history & literature collections -- Excerpts from three landmark civil rights executive orders -- An outline of Afro-American history -- Discography : Afro-American folk music in the United States -- Predominately Black colleges and universities -- State agencies with civil rights responsibilities -- Major Black American organizations -- Black American publications -- Museums and monuments of Afro-American interest -- Selected quotations -- Black members of Congress of the United States -- Statistical abstract of the Afro-American in the United States.