Ra, Sun: [29] 253-255

Rahman, Aishah: [37] 619-622
--Unfinished Women Cry in No Man's Land: [37] 619-622

Rainey, Gertrude "Ma": [20] 178, 200

Randall, Dudley: [17] 157-167; [34] 541-543; [39] 18
--After the Killing: [17] 165-166
--"The Ballad of Birmingham": [17] 162
--Cities Burning: [17] 161-162
--"Dressed All in Pink": [17] 162
--"Interview": [17] 164-165
--A Litany of Friends: [17] 158, 166-167
--Love You: [17] 163
--More to Remember: [17] 163-165
--"Pacific Epitaphs": [17] 164
--"A Poet Is Not a Jukebox": [17] 167
--"Roses and Revolutions": [17] 162
--"Sanctuary": [17] 163
--"The Southern Road": [17] 161

Randolph, A. Philip: [28] 532-533

Ransom, Reverdy Cassius: [37] 455-456

Ransom, Stanley: [40] 208

rap music: [29] 303-315; [39] 501, 503-510

Ravales, Robin: [22] 227-231

Rawick, George P.: [39] 179
--The Unwritten History of Slavery: [39] 179

Reagon, Bernice: [17] 25

Redding, Jay Saunders: [22] 805-809; [24] 277-296; [26] 534, 537-538, 678-681; [40] 208-209
--"Negro Writing in America": [26] 534
--No Day of Triumph: [24] 277-296
--Stranger and Alone: [26] 678-681
--To Make a Poet Black: [40] 208-209

Redford, Dorothy Spruill: [27] 17
--Somerset Homecoming: [27] 17

Redmond, Eugene: [39] 25

Redwood, John Henry: [31] 717-721
--The Old Settler: [31] 717-721

Reed, Ishmael: [1] 18; [6] 125-131; [12] 4, 7, 8, 12-29; [13] 6; [14] 8-12; [15] 151-152; [16] 81-83; [17] 137-139; [18] 91, 95-99; [21] 7-16; [24] 590-593, 795-796; [30] 185-196; [32] 435-444; [36] 611-628; [37] 501-516; [40] 291, 299-309, 328-329, 339-340
--"Black Power Poem": [12] 21
--"Dualism": [12] 22
--Flight to Canada: [13] 6
--The Free-Lance Pallbearers: [1] 18; [30] 186-187
--God Made Alaska for the Indians: [17] 137-139
--"I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra": [6] 125-126; [12] 21-22
--The Last Days of Louisiana Red: [12] 14, 15-16, 18-19
--Mumbo Jumbo: [12] 13-14, 15; [15] 151-152; [18] 95-99; [30] 194-196; [32] 435-444; [36] 611-628; [37] 501-516; [40] 299-303, 305-307, 309
--"Railroad Bill, A Conjure Man": [12] 20, 23
--Reckless Eyeballing: [21] 9, 13; [40] 300-301, 305-309
--The Terrible Twos: [30] 189-191
--Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down: [6] 126-131; [12] 14; [30] 187-188, 192-193

Reid-Pharr, Robert: [39] 231-232, 234; [40] 241, 249

Reinhardt, Django: [20] 178, 187, 200; [25] 647

Reiss, [40] 428-430, 434

Rexroth, Kenneth: [25] 604-605, 608-610

Rhodes, Jewell Parker: [29] 593-603
--Voodoo Dreams: [29] 593-603

Rice, Alan: [40] 276

Rice, David L.: [11] 67-69; [14] 85-87
--Erogenous Zone: [11] 68-69
--Life Death and Love: [11] 67-68
--Lock This Man Up: [14] 85-87
--OM: [11] 67

Rice, Elmer: [29] 615-616
--The South: [29] 615-616

Rich, Buddy: [20] 187, 200; [25] 647

Rich, Frank: [22] 788-802

Richards, Lloyd: [39] 281-298

Richardson, Samuel: [40] 625, 770
--Clarissa: [40] 625, 770

Richardson, Willis: [35] 331-333

Riggs, Marlon: [25] 389-394

Ringgold, Faith: [19] 12-13

Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa: [12] 3-11

Rites and Reason (Brown University): [17] 60-64

Ritt, Martin: [25] 546-547
--Paris Blues (film): [25] 546-547

Robeson, Eslanda Goode: [24] 349-353
--African Journey: [24] 349-353

Robeson, Paul: [34] 353-355; [39] 286

Robinson, Bill: [16] 155, 156-157

Robinson, Jackie: [2] 34-35; [33] 366-367

Robinson, Matt: [31] 670-671
--The Confessions of Stepin Fetchit: [31] 670-671

Roc (tv show): [27] 556-557

Rogers, J. A.: [28] 534-535

Rogers, J. W., Jr.: [33] 660-662
--Judge Lynch: [33] 660-662

Rollins, Bryant: [19] 86-87
--Danger Song: [19] 86-87

Rollins, Sonny: [33] 613-614

Rollins, Theodore "Sonny": [20] 187, 201; [25] 647

"Roots" (TV miniseries): [39] 109-110

Ross, Fran: [40] 79-89
--Oreo: [40] 79-89

Ross, Marlon: [40] 246-247

Roumain, Jacques: [15] 84-88

Rowson, Susannah: [40] 770
--Charlotte Temple: [40] 770-771

Roxborough, Elsie: [19] 142

Ruff, Willie: [20] 187

Run-D.M.C.: [29] 308-309

Russell, Charlie L.: [13] 113, 115, 117; [17] 51
--Five on the Black Hand Side: [13] 113, 115, 117; [17] 51

Russell, Ross: [25] 539-540