Part 1 The National Black Independent Political Party; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Between the Shadow and the Act; Chapter 3 African-Americans and the Third-Party Experience; Chapter 4 Launching the New Party: NBIPP as a Movement Halfway House; Chapter 5 Profile of the Akron Chapter of NBIPP; Chapter 6 Local Institutional Support; Chapter 7 Ideological Trends within the Party; Chapter 8 Facing the Rainbow: NBIPP and the Jesse Jackson Challenge; Chapter 9 Conclusion;