From "Superman" to Man: A Fearless and Penetrating Discussion of America's Greatest ProblemThe first book from “a tireless champion of African history,” a novel that “challenged the theories that Blacks were inferior to whites” (New York Amsterdam News). Joel Augustus Roger’s seminal work from the Harlem Renaissance, this novel—first published in 1917—is a polemic against the ignorance that fuels racism. The central plot revolves around a train speeding to California, serviced by an African American porter named Dixon. On board is a United States senator from Oklahoma, a man obsessed by race who makes no attempts to hide his prejudice. Unable to sleep, the politician encounters Dixon in the smoking car, and thus ensues a debate about religion, science, and racial equality . . . “A bold discussion novel in which a cultured, well-travelled, black Pullman porter is drawn into a debate with a white passenger, a Southern senator, on the question of the superiority of the Anglo Saxon and the inferiority of the Negro.” —The Guardian “A genuine treasure. I still insist that From ‘Superman’ to Man is the greatest book ever written in English on the Negro by a Negro and I am glad to know that increasing thousands of black and white readers re-echo the high opinion of it which I had expressed some years ago.” —Hubert Henry Harrison “A stirring story, faithful to truth and helpful to a better understanding and feeling.” —Prof. George B. Foster, University of Chicago |
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... United States Senator with pronounced views and a polished, well-educated, universallytravelled Negro when the two happen to meet under peculiar circumstances. FROM "SUPERMAN" TO MAN “'Pardon's the word to all.” Whatever. Cover.
... United States Senator with pronounced views and a polished, well-educated, universallytravelled Negro when the two happen to meet under peculiar circumstances. FROM "SUPERMAN" TO MAN “'Pardon's the word to all.” Whatever. Cover.
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... United States, which he had been permitted to enter, he had found books advancing all sorts of theories to prove that they were inferior. He thought of the discussions he had heard on the cars and other places from time to time, and of ...
... United States, which he had been permitted to enter, he had found books advancing all sorts of theories to prove that they were inferior. He thought of the discussions he had heard on the cars and other places from time to time, and of ...
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... United States senator from Oklahoma, was discussing the race question with another in the smoker. Dixon had heard him say, vehemently. “The 'nigger' is a menace to our civilization and should be kept down. I am opposed to educating him ...
... United States senator from Oklahoma, was discussing the race question with another in the smoker. Dixon had heard him say, vehemently. “The 'nigger' is a menace to our civilization and should be kept down. I am opposed to educating him ...
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... United States. He said with soft courtesy: “I have found, sir, that any division of humanity according to physique, can have but a merely nominal value, as differences in physiques are caused by climatic conditions and are subject to a ...
... United States. He said with soft courtesy: “I have found, sir, that any division of humanity according to physique, can have but a merely nominal value, as differences in physiques are caused by climatic conditions and are subject to a ...
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... United States, on the other hand, it does appear as if everything possible is done to humble the Negro, to suppress his self-respect. There ought to be small wonder then, if many Negroes do not show sufficient manly dignity, and many ...
... United States, on the other hand, it does appear as if everything possible is done to humble the Negro, to suppress his self-respect. There ought to be small wonder then, if many Negroes do not show sufficient manly dignity, and many ...
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