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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Page 9
... white peoples, most of whom were enemies to one another, to unite against the Germans in 1914. Will the doctrine of ... black and white that will ever prevent them from living on the same social plane, at least so far as the Anglo-Saxon ...
... white peoples, most of whom were enemies to one another, to unite against the Germans in 1914. Will the doctrine of ... black and white that will ever prevent them from living on the same social plane, at least so far as the Anglo-Saxon ...
Page 15
... white under the first layer. “Then it is possible by the blending of human varieties to produce innumerable other ... black race will ever attain the intellectual. FROM “SUPERMAN” TO MAN 15.
... white under the first layer. “Then it is possible by the blending of human varieties to produce innumerable other ... black race will ever attain the intellectual. FROM “SUPERMAN” TO MAN 15.
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... black to serve white. He placed an everlasting curse on all the sons of Ham and the black man shall forever serve the white.” His face flushed with excitement. Dixon was apparently unmoved. He responded with courtesy, his well-modulated ...
... black to serve white. He placed an everlasting curse on all the sons of Ham and the black man shall forever serve the white.” His face flushed with excitement. Dixon was apparently unmoved. He responded with courtesy, his well-modulated ...
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... white Christians still call. By the light of modern research it does appear as if white-skinned humanity got its civilization from the black-skinned variety, and even its origin. Volney says: **To the race of Negroes . . . the object of ...
... white Christians still call. By the light of modern research it does appear as if white-skinned humanity got its civilization from the black-skinned variety, and even its origin. Volney says: **To the race of Negroes . . . the object of ...
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... white skin is deified and a black one vilified, candidly, in my childhood, I did believe that there was something about the white man that made him superior to me. But, fortunately for me, I have travelled and read considerably. I once ...
... white skin is deified and a black one vilified, candidly, in my childhood, I did believe that there was something about the white man that made him superior to me. But, fortunately for me, I have travelled and read considerably. I once ...
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