- DEDICTION
- PREFACE
- I. A Slave Among Slaves
- II. Boyhood Days
- III. The Struggle for an Education
- IV. Helping Others
- V. The Reconstruction Period
- VI. Black Race and Red Race
- VII. Early Days at Tuskegee
- VIII. Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House
- IX. Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights
- X. A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw
- XI. Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie on Them
- XII. Raising Money . . . .
- XIII. Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech
- XIV. The Atlanta Exposition Address
- XV. The Secret of Success in Public Speaking
- XVI. Europe
- XVII. Last Words
