| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 A Brief Account of Research | 第11-14页 |
| ·Definition | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literary Review | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Ethnoracial Factor and American Foreign Policy | 第14-23页 |
| ·The Foreign Policy Making Process | 第14-16页 |
| ·Domestic Factors and American Foreign Policy | 第16-17页 |
| ·African Americans and American Foreign Policy toward Africa | 第17-23页 |
| ·Before the Cold War in the Twentieth Century | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Cold War Period | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Afro-Americans’Role since 1990 | 第23-35页 |
| ·The Adjustment in American Foreign Policy toward Africa since 1990 | 第23-26页 |
| ·Attaching Greater Importance to Africa | 第23-24页 |
| ·A Change from Direct Intervention to Indirect Intervention | 第24页 |
| ·A Combination of Foreign Aid and Economic and Financial Cooperation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Giving Priority to Security Interests in Africa | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Role of African Americans in the Process | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Channels and Methods | 第29-35页 |
| ·Post-holding | 第29-31页 |
| ·Voting | 第31-32页 |
| ·Lobbying | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Media and Public Opinion | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 The Reasons Accounting for the Influence of Afro-Americans | 第35-46页 |
| ·The Reasons Why Afro-Americans Desire to Get Involved | 第35-37页 |
| ·Sentimental Affiliation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Support from Native Land | 第36-37页 |
| ·External Factors Affecting the Influential Power of African Americans | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Situation of Africa | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Relationship between Africa and America | 第38页 |
| ·The Reasons Why Afro-Americans Are Able to Exert Influence | 第38-46页 |
| ·Population and Distribution | 第39-41页 |
| ·Social Integration and Economic Status | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter 5 The Limits of Influence and the Causes | 第46-49页 |
| ·Internal Constraints | 第46-47页 |
| ·Income and Employment | 第46-47页 |
| ·Education | 第47页 |
| ·External Constraints | 第47-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
