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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... matter of bodily beauty certain African peoples easily excel the white man . The Zulus , a black people , are the suc- cessors of the ancient Greeks in beauty of physique . J. H Balmer , explorer and lecturer , says : " " The Zulus are ...
... matter of bodily beauty certain African peoples easily excel the white man . The Zulus , a black people , are the suc- cessors of the ancient Greeks in beauty of physique . J. H Balmer , explorer and lecturer , says : " " The Zulus are ...
Page 46
... matter of time and conditions than of people or place . Cannibalism has been common to all mankind . The roasting alive of human beings in the South is but a relic of cannibalism , and one can well imagine those ghouls eating the flesh ...
... matter of time and conditions than of people or place . Cannibalism has been common to all mankind . The roasting alive of human beings in the South is but a relic of cannibalism , and one can well imagine those ghouls eating the flesh ...
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... matter revolves on the query .- ' Should such persons be encour- aged to live wedded or forced to live unwedded ? ' ' " 9 Dixon looked at this man with amazement , particularly as he knew him to be a Southerner . The senator had been ...
... matter revolves on the query .- ' Should such persons be encour- aged to live wedded or forced to live unwedded ? ' ' " 9 Dixon looked at this man with amazement , particularly as he knew him to be a Southerner . The senator had been ...
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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