Includes annotated drafts of portions of the introduction; royalties statements; correspondence with the University Press of Mississippi about book sales, marketing, new formats, author's questionnaire, and structure; marketing plan for the book; fliers; correspondence with Beth Charlton about permissions; permission from Chicago Historical Society for reproduction of textual materials; University Press of Mississippi catalogs for Spring/Summer 2006, Fall/Winter 2006-2007, and Spring/Summer 2007; and readers' reports. Also includes reviews of the book published in African American Review, Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains Summer 2007, and Star Bulletin Vol 12 Issue 98.