Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short StoriesClarence Major An anthology of twentieth-century African-American short stories written by Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, and more than fifty others, with biographical notes. |
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... nigger home wid ' im . He wuz er ole nigger , er de color er a gingy - cake , en ball ez a hoss - apple on de top er his head . He wuz a peart ole nigger , do ' , en could do a big day's wuk . " Now it happen dat one er de niggers on de ...
... nigger home wid ' im . He wuz er ole nigger , er de color er a gingy - cake , en ball ez a hoss - apple on de top er his head . He wuz a peart ole nigger , do ' , en could do a big day's wuk . " Now it happen dat one er de niggers on de ...
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... niggers too , I'm a nigger too . " And then one of the white men , he's sitting over in his corner say , " I ain't never heard of a white man want to be a nigger . ' Cept maybe for the nigger women . " So I look around at him . and haul ...
... niggers too , I'm a nigger too . " And then one of the white men , he's sitting over in his corner say , " I ain't never heard of a white man want to be a nigger . ' Cept maybe for the nigger women . " So I look around at him . and haul ...
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... nigger don't marry white . " I say , " I'm a nigger . Nigger marry nigger , don't they ? " He just look at me like he think I'm crazy . I say , " I got rel'tives blacker'n your shit . Ain't you never heard a niggers what look like they ...
... nigger don't marry white . " I say , " I'm a nigger . Nigger marry nigger , don't they ? " He just look at me like he think I'm crazy . I say , " I got rel'tives blacker'n your shit . Ain't you never heard a niggers what look like they ...
Contents
Paul Laurence Dunbar The Ingrate 1900 | 12 |
Jean Toomer Esther 1923 | 25 |
Claude McKay Truant 1932 | 39 |
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