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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... never has been a successful government by Negroes and there never will be one . I'd give you a hundred dollars just to name a single one . " " As you justly observed , sir , the white man's government has been a matter of evolution ...
... never has been a successful government by Negroes and there never will be one . I'd give you a hundred dollars just to name a single one . " " As you justly observed , sir , the white man's government has been a matter of evolution ...
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... never knew anyone to hate me but those whom I had served and those who had done me some great injustice . The real cause can certainly not be one of color , or why is the European , who sees little of Negroes , not preju- diced against ...
... never knew anyone to hate me but those whom I had served and those who had done me some great injustice . The real cause can certainly not be one of color , or why is the European , who sees little of Negroes , not preju- diced against ...
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... never looked at it in that light before , " admitted the senator . " I'll tell you an incident , unpleasant though it is , " continued Dixon , " just to show you the effect of one of these anti - Negro productions on a Negro - an almost ...
... never looked at it in that light before , " admitted the senator . " I'll tell you an incident , unpleasant though it is , " continued Dixon , " just to show you the effect of one of these anti - Negro productions on a Negro - an almost ...
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