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 37
... Southern States , like Georgia and Tennessee . The most progressive Northern States are those that have received the greatest proportion of immigration , like New York , Penn- sylvania and Massachusetts ; the least progressive those ...
... Southern States , like Georgia and Tennessee . The most progressive Northern States are those that have received the greatest proportion of immigration , like New York , Penn- sylvania and Massachusetts ; the least progressive those ...
Page 70
... Southern port . There , barred from the parks , libraries , and places of public amusement , I felt in this boasted land of freedom what the murderer of King Humbert of Italy must have experi- enced in his cell , the size of which did ...
... Southern port . There , barred from the parks , libraries , and places of public amusement , I felt in this boasted land of freedom what the murderer of King Humbert of Italy must have experi- enced in his cell , the size of which did ...
Page 104
... Southern chivalry is as brutal , dastardly and debasing as olden chivalry was reputed brave , magnanimous and ennobling . Having roasted their victim , these upholders of Southern womanhood will rend the reeking flesh in search of ...
... Southern chivalry is as brutal , dastardly and debasing as olden chivalry was reputed brave , magnanimous and ennobling . Having roasted their victim , these upholders of Southern womanhood will rend the reeking flesh in search of ...
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