Foreword / Julian Bond -- Author's note -- Preface to the 1958 edition -- House to live in -- The world of Andrew Wade -- Carl's world and mine -- The world of segregated Louisville -- "Everybody out here is blaming me-- " -- Shots in the night -- Panic in high places -- The suburban press sees red -- The myth of property values -- Black against white -- The bombing -- The failure of the police -- The making of a crusader -- "There but for the grace of God" -- The crime: bombing or beliefs? -- Back to the crossroads -- Terror in the community -- The great exorcism -- The shadow of the wall -- The spasm passes -- Toward a new race relations -- "Would you do it again?" -- Epilogue 1999.