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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... jim - crow laws for white and near - white aliens . " As regards segregation , a great many Negroes do act as you say , but they cannot be wholly blamed since they are unwelcome in white places . Apart from this justifiable attitude ...
... jim - crow laws for white and near - white aliens . " As regards segregation , a great many Negroes do act as you say , but they cannot be wholly blamed since they are unwelcome in white places . Apart from this justifiable attitude ...
Page 106
... jim - crow law of those states . Some states say that one - eighth or more Negro blood makes a Negro , others one - sixteenth , one - thirty - second and so on . The question is : Just when is an American citizen black and when is he ...
... jim - crow law of those states . Some states say that one - eighth or more Negro blood makes a Negro , others one - sixteenth , one - thirty - second and so on . The question is : Just when is an American citizen black and when is he ...
Page 130
... jim- crow cars , like the Southern States . Today , the jim - crow car is not only gone but both these States have laws penalizing color discrimination . Chattel slavery disappeared in the South ; lynch- ing is becoming extinct , too ...
... jim- crow cars , like the Southern States . Today , the jim - crow car is not only gone but both these States have laws penalizing color discrimination . Chattel slavery disappeared in the South ; lynch- ing is becoming extinct , too ...
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