Thinking and acting, as Emerson urged, especially in the instruction of his country, he leads it to recognize and appreciate its black-and-white self. Part of the purpose in making these scattered pieces available in one place is to help in furthering that goal of interracial self-recognition. Except for the correction of typographical errors in the essays, some minor standardization of citations, the captions added to "The Black Soldier" lecture, and the appending of the Mashow note to the "Lewis Temple" article, each of these pieces is reprinted as it first appeared.