List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Illusion of Living in a Non-Racist Racist Society
1. A Revised Account of the New "Colored" Possession: 1898-1920
2. Reshaping Education, Race, and Citizenship: 1920-1930
3. The Twisted Evolution of National Identity: 1930-1940
4. Intersecting Race and Modernization: 1940-1950
5. Strategizing Modernity: 1950-1965
6. The Liga Opened Pandora's "Black" Box: 1950-1965
Epilogue: Drop by Drop
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Milagros Denis-Rosario is Associate Professor of History in the Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York.