Meditations -- Talkin' about my racial agenda -- Race, Rama, and the great African American roll call -- Playing the race game -- Invisibility blues -- Black guitar science -- A brief life -- The black woman's guide to Jimi Hendrix -- Three poems by Krista Franklin -- Talkin' about my Jimi Hendrix experience -- Can I get a witness? -- The twins -- Ronnie Drayton -- Xenobia Bailey -- Craig Street -- Slight return.