"My dungeon shook: letter to my nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the emancipation" from The fire next time
"Fifth Avenue, uptown: a letter from Harlem" from Nobody knows my name
"Sonny's blues" from Going to meet the man
"Nobody knows my name: a letter from the South" from Nobody knows my name
Selection from Another country
"Notes for The amen corner" from The amen corner
"The next morning: act III" from The amen corner
"The discovery of what it means to be an American" from Nobody knows my name.