From the Book - First edition.
Introduction: Atlanta's Dixie Heritage: From the Heart of the Confederacy to the Black Mecca
Capturing the Heart of the Confederacy: Secession, War and the Making of Atlanta
"No Capes for Negroes": Quasi-Free Blacks and Civil War Atlanta
Sherman's Shadow: Reconstruction Era Georgia, and Atlanta's Renewal
Redeeming Atlanta: Neo-Confederacy and Political Power
The New South Mecca: Atlanta, Race and Self-Determination
Rising from the Ashes, Again: The Desolation of Black Atlanta in 1906
The Second Resurgence: Atlanta, the Old South and the New Negroes
Black Nationalism in the Klan's Sacred Kapital City: The New Era and Atlanta's 1920s Neo-Confederate Revival
The Dixie Reprise: White Nationalism and the Modern Civil Rights Movement
"Atlanta is Ours and Fairly Won": The Rise of the Black Mecca
Atlanta in the New Century: Beyond the Novelty of Black Mayors
Epilogue: Dancing with the Past: Looking Ahead in Atlanta.
