Acknowledgments -- Introduction 1 -- 1 Beginnings 10 -- 2 The deacons are born 30 -- 3 In the New York Times 52 -- 4 Not Selma 63 -- 5 On to Bogalusa 78 -- 6 The Bogalusa chapter 96 -- 7 The spring campaign 108 -- 8 With a single bullet 129 -- 9 Victory 150 -- 10 Expanding in the Bayou State 165 -- 11 Mississippi chapters 184 -- 12 Heading north 216 -- 13 Black power - last days 234 -- Conclusion : The myth of nonviolence 258 -- Notes 275 -- Bibliography 335 -- Index 353