- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Having left Dr. Mabel Jones’ house, Coates drives home through the ghettoes of Chicago. He has been thinking of Samori and has urged him to “struggle” on behalf of his friends, family, and the memory of his ancestors. However, the final lines of the book return to a less optimistic, more haunted note. Having reflected on the beauty and power of black culture, Coates is then once more reminded of the injustice, suffering, and powerlessness that black people are forced to face. The return of his “old fear” highlights the relentless power of the past to return and haunt the…