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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... hundred and thirty years , one hundred and eighty years longer than were the Negroes in America . Did they emerge in the debased condition of the Negro ? No ! Why ? You also said that the Irish were slaves in New England , didn't you ...
... hundred and thirty years , one hundred and eighty years longer than were the Negroes in America . Did they emerge in the debased condition of the Negro ? No ! Why ? You also said that the Irish were slaves in New England , didn't you ...
Page 61
... hundred proprietors seventy - five were whites to twenty - five blacks , but proportionately the latter should not have been more than twelve or thirteen . Of one hundred Negro houses , eighty were free from mortgage while there were ...
... hundred proprietors seventy - five were whites to twenty - five blacks , but proportionately the latter should not have been more than twelve or thirteen . Of one hundred Negro houses , eighty were free from mortgage while there were ...
Page 85
... hundred years late . The fact is we have been having amalgamation all along , let the ostriches deceive them- selves as they will . Have you ever been to a Northern church , a Northern school , or to a large gathering of Negroes ? If so ...
... hundred years late . The fact is we have been having amalgamation all along , let the ostriches deceive them- selves as they will . Have you ever been to a Northern church , a Northern school , or to a large gathering of Negroes ? If so ...
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