| Willie Brown |
| PROLOGUE |
 | PART I— EAST TEXAS: 1934–1951 |
| • | Chapter One— Sodom |
| • | Chapter Two— Lewis and Minnie |
| • | Chapter Three— Anna Lee |
| • | Chapter Four— Whitecapping |
| PART II— SAN FRANCISCO: 1951–1964 |
| • | Chapter Five— The Fillmore |
| • | Chapter Six— Burton |
| • | Chapter Seven— Jones United Methodist Church |
| • | Chapter Eight— Forest Knolls |
| • | Chapter Nine— The Gaffney Triangle |
| PART III— SACRAMENTO: 1965–1980 |
| • | Chapter Ten— Unruh |
| • | Chapter Eleven— Rock the Boat! |
| • | Chapter Twelve— Mice Milk |
| • | Chapter Thirteen— RFK |
| • | Chapter Fourteen— Deadlock |
| • | Chapter Fifteen— Mr. Chairman |
| • | Chapter Sixteen— Give Me Back My Delegation! |
| • | Chapter Seventeen— Oblivion |
| • | Chapter Eighteen— The Edge of Despair |
| • | Chapter Nineteen— The Play for Power |
| ILLUSTRATIONS |
| PART IV— MR. SPEAKER: 1980–1995 |
| • | Chapter Twenty— Drawing Lines |
| • | Chapter Twenty-One— Deukmejian |
| • | Chapter Twenty-Two— Willie Brown Inc. |
| • | Chapter Twenty-Three— The Gang of Five |
| • | Chapter Twenty-Four— The Ends of Power |
| • | Chapter Twenty-Five— Hometown Son |
| EPILOGUE: DA MAYOR |
| APPENDIX ONE— STATEMENT BY WILLIE L. BROWN JR. TO THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON CAMPUS DISTURBANCES, MAY 1969 |
| • | 1— Open up the Campuses |
| • | 2— Redefine the Purposes of the University |
| • | 3— Redistribution of Campus Power |
| APPENDIX TWO— SPEECH BY WILLIE L. BROWN JR. TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, JULY 10, 1972 |
 | Notes |
| AUTHOR'S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| INDEX |