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 44
... Negro woman who gives herself to white men . She is chiefly responsible for the low esteem in which the Negro group ... women . Far from it . Let me add in passing that one great menace to the morals of colored women is the white ...
... Negro woman who gives herself to white men . She is chiefly responsible for the low esteem in which the Negro group ... women . Far from it . Let me add in passing that one great menace to the morals of colored women is the white ...
Page 66
... Negro a human being , or is he a creature somewhere between man and monkey ? Is he an American citizen or isn't he ... women in the lewdest language . Usually these are the very ones who are most sensitive about the women of their own ...
... Negro a human being , or is he a creature somewhere between man and monkey ? Is he an American citizen or isn't he ... women in the lewdest language . Usually these are the very ones who are most sensitive about the women of their own ...
Page 81
... woman , who generally has three or four children , will have as many as ten or twelve when united to a white man or Negro . The crossing of Negroes with white women or white men with Negro women produces similar results . " Cross ...
... woman , who generally has three or four children , will have as many as ten or twelve when united to a white man or Negro . The crossing of Negroes with white women or white men with Negro women produces similar results . " Cross ...
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