Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
To the Student: Bicentennial Breakthrough 1
Lesson 1 That Long, Hot Summer-1787 26
Lesson 2 Parties Prevail 43
Lesson 3 The Primary Objective 71
Lesson 4 Politics on Parade 79
Lesson 5 Pounding Out Platforms 92
Lesson 6 Promises, Promises 116
Lesson 7 The High Cost of Conviction 125
Lesson 8 Power to What People? 135
Lesson 9 Missing the Party 144
Lesson 10 The Constitution's Institutions 158
Lesson 11 Now That Voting Has Caught Up with the Draft 178
Lesson 12 Techniques of Persuasion 190
Lesson 13 Studying War No More 196
Lesson 14 A Turnip in Every Plot 213
Lesson 15 Citizen Surveillance 235
Lesson 16 Planetary Politics 253
Lesson 17 How to Evaluate a Candidate 261
Appendixes:
Dick Gregory's Do-It-Yourself Acceptance Speech 269
Dick Gregory's Literacy Test for Candidates 271
Glossary 273
A Gregorian Poll 281
Notes on Sources 287
About the Author 294