A history of the fire this time festival --
Foreword: "The privilege of identity and why I founded the fire this time festival --
Section 1: Vanna White, Brooke Shields, and Beyonce: Beauty standards and self acceptance in Black America / Vanna White, Brook Shields and Beyonce --
Foreword / Jocelyn Bioh --
Beyonce effect / Katori Hall --
Citizen Jane / Derek Lee Mcphatter --
Vanna White has got to die / Antoinette Nwandu --
Hard palate / Roger Q. Mason --
Section 2: The cost of education: Confronting the effects of racial disparity in America's education system --
Foreword / Cynthia G. Robinson --
Third grade / Dominique Morisseau --
Poor posturing / Tracey Conyer Lee --
scholarship babies / Francisca Da Silveira --
Section 3: The shots heard round the world: Policing Black bodies in White America --
Foreword / Nia Witherspoon --
The fucking world and everything in it / C.A. Johnson --
Black white & blue / William Watkins --
Ain't no mo / Jordan E. Cooper --
Assumed positions / Natyna Bean --
Section 4: Birth: Contemplating the next generation in a complicated system --
Foreword / Stacey Rose --
Within untainted wombs (an excerpt) / Dennis A. Allen II --
Antepartum / Deneen Reynolds-Knott --
Section 5: Maintaining roots: Addressing gentrification in historically Black neighborhoods --
Foreword / Michelle Tyrene Johnson --
Just another Saturday in the park / Bernard Tarver --
Panopticon / Cyrus Aaron --
Section 6: The Black family: How we thrive in the face of oppression --
Foreword / Ngozi Anyanwu --
Exodus / Camille Darby --
The sporting life of Icarus Jones / Marcus Gardley --
The house / Charly Evon Simpson --
Sisterhood in the time of the apocalypse / Kendra Augustin's --
C.O.G.s. / Samantha Godfrey's --
Section 7: Black love: Why we hope --
Foreword / Julienne Hairston --
The weatherin' / Jonathan Payne --
Slow gin fits / Angelica Ch�eri --
Love and happiness: Ada's story / Fredrica Bailey --
Maya and rivers / Tyler English-Beckwith --
The fire this time creative team.
