Introduction: Past Is Prologue 1(20)
1 Growing Up Frank
21(9)
2 Atlanta, 1931-32: The Communists Swarm to Scottsboro
30(23)
3 Frank's Work for the Atlanta Daily World (1931-34)
53(9)
4 Paul Robeson and Progressive Dupes
62(11)
5 Back to Chicago: "Peace" Mobilization and Duping the "Social Justice" Religious Left
73(15)
6 War Time and Party Time (1943-45): Frank with CPUSA and the Associated Negro Press
88(17)
7 The Latter 1940s: Frank and the Chicago Crew
105(13)
8 The Chicago Star: Comrades, "Progressives," and Soviet Agents
118(6)
9 Frank's Writings in the Chicago Star (1946-48)
124(18)
10 Frank Heads to Hawaii
142(12)
11 Frank in the Honolulu Record (1949-50): Target, Harry Truman
154(11)
12 Frank in the Honolulu Record (1949-50): Other Targets, from "HUAC" to "Profits" to GM
165(16)
13 Frank and the Founders
181(12)
14 1951-57: Frank on Red China, Korea, Vietnam, and More
193(11)
15 Mr. Davis Goes to Washington
204(10)
16 Frank versus "the Gestapo"
214(6)
17 American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born
220(9)
18 When Frank Met Obama
229(17)
19 When Obama Leaves Frank: Occidental College
246(22)
20 Frank Re-Emerges---and the Media Ignore Him
268(17)
21 Conclusion: Echoes of Frank
285(14)
Motivation and Acknowledgments 299(6)
Appendix: Frank Marshall Davis Documents 305(12)
Notes 317(52)
Index 369