From "Superman" to ManA classic work of fiction from the Harlem Renaissance Joel Augustus Roger's seminal work, this novel first published in 1917 is a polemic against the ignorance that fuels racism. The central plot revolves around a debate between a Pullman porter and a white racist Southern politician. |
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Page 72
... Negro artist at Oak Park , Ill .; a white man may live in undisturbed concubinage with a Negro woman , but let him attempt to live with her according to civil- ized ideals and the law will at once send him to prison as in cultured ...
... Negro artist at Oak Park , Ill .; a white man may live in undisturbed concubinage with a Negro woman , but let him attempt to live with her according to civil- ized ideals and the law will at once send him to prison as in cultured ...
Page 98
... Negro for while the uneducated Negro of the United States has a far happier lot than any other peasant class perhaps in the world , there is no recognized place in America for the educated Negro . To use an old phrase : he is in advance ...
... Negro for while the uneducated Negro of the United States has a far happier lot than any other peasant class perhaps in the world , there is no recognized place in America for the educated Negro . To use an old phrase : he is in advance ...
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... Negro and Caucasian , 49 . Body odor of Negro and Caucasian , 47-48 . Cannibalism among Whites and Negroes , 45 , 46 . Civilizations , Negro , 20 , 25 , 39 . Crime , 108 . Communism and the Negro , 117-119 . Employment and occupation ...
... Negro and Caucasian , 49 . Body odor of Negro and Caucasian , 47-48 . Cannibalism among Whites and Negroes , 45 , 46 . Civilizations , Negro , 20 , 25 , 39 . Crime , 108 . Communism and the Negro , 117-119 . Employment and occupation ...
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