Table of Contents
Introduction: A Moral Hero 1
Prologue: "One Man with God Is a Majority" 11
Book I
Chapter 1 A Father's Prophecy 35
Chapter 2 Journey into the Heart of Slavery 53
Chapter 3 Faith and the Founding Fathers 70
Chapter 4 Dread and Dred Scott 92
Chapter 5 The Soul of Kentucky 117
Chapter 6 John vs. John 145
Chapter 7 "Knowledge Is Power" 167
Chapter 8 John, Robert, and Benjamin 192
Chapter 9 "Do-Do Take Care" 216
Book II
Chapter 10 Destiny 233
Chapter 11 Standing Alone 256
Chapter 12 "The Colonel Has Indeed Surprised Us" 271
Chapter 13 In Trusts We Trust 294
Chapter 14 Requiem for the Gilded Age 308
Chapter 15 The Humblest and Most Powerful 329
Chapter 16 The Walls of Segregation 352
Chapter 17 The Constitution Follows the Flag 371
Chapter 18 Freedom in the Workplace 393
Chapter 19 "I Am a Innocent Man" 411
Chapter 20 "Ever May His Name Be Said in Reverence" 425
Book III
Chapter 21 Self-inflicted Wounds 447
Chapter 22 "A Vicarious Atonement" 458
Chapter 23 "Justice Harlan Concurring" 470
Epilogue "Our Basic Legal Creed" 485
Acknowledgments 497
Notes 503
Bibliography 567
Index 573
Photo Credits 611