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 17
... civilization , and you will find their mental level will not differ from ours . Abolish the whole of our civilization and our minds will sink to the level of an African cannibal . It is not a difference of mentality in the race , but a ...
... civilization , and you will find their mental level will not differ from ours . Abolish the whole of our civilization and our minds will sink to the level of an African cannibal . It is not a difference of mentality in the race , but a ...
Page 19
... civilization from the black - skinned variety , and even its origin . Volney says : • · " " To the race of Negroes ... the object of our extreme contempt we owe our arts , sciences and even the very use of speech ! ' " And with ...
... civilization from the black - skinned variety , and even its origin . Volney says : • · " " To the race of Negroes ... the object of our extreme contempt we owe our arts , sciences and even the very use of speech ! ' " And with ...
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... civilizations excelling our own . In the heart of Africa , explorers may yet unearth marks of some extinct Negro civilization in a manner similar to the case of Assyria forgotten for two thousand years , and finally discovered by ...
... civilizations excelling our own . In the heart of Africa , explorers may yet unearth marks of some extinct Negro civilization in a manner similar to the case of Assyria forgotten for two thousand years , and finally discovered by ...
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Africa American Anglo-Saxon asked average white beauty believe better black and white blood Booker cannibalism Caucasian centuries Chicago Christianity citizens civilization colored women Communists cultured darker races Dixon continued Dixon found Dixon took Europe European feeling Finot hair Haiti Harry Johnston Havelock Ellis human variety hundred immorality Indian Ira Aldridge Jews jim-crow large number laws less live look lynching marriage marry matter mental miscegenation morality mulatto nation native Negro Negro women never nigger Northern notebook number of whites odor opinion party passenger porter primitive prove question racial rape replied Dixon segregation self-respect sexual skin slavery slaves smoker so-called social equality South South America Southern speak spirit superior syphilis tell thing thought tion train trait truth United Universal Races Congress white American white man's white persons white race white women woman Zulu