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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... social and political equality ? " Call it what you will , but there is an indefinable something within me that tells me that I am infinitely better than the best nigger ' that ever lived . The feeling is instinctive and I am not going ...
... social and political equality ? " Call it what you will , but there is an indefinable something within me that tells me that I am infinitely better than the best nigger ' that ever lived . The feeling is instinctive and I am not going ...
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... social equality . Can you think of anything more absurdly inconsistent ? If they can't harmonize on earth , if they can't live in the same block or work in jobs of equal importance , will they agree in heaven ? White God ! Colored God ...
... social equality . Can you think of anything more absurdly inconsistent ? If they can't harmonize on earth , if they can't live in the same block or work in jobs of equal importance , will they agree in heaven ? White God ! Colored God ...
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... Social Equality , 73-74 . Soldier , The Negro , 94 . Solution of Race Problem , 127-130 . Suicide among whites and blacks , 107 . Syphilis , its origin and effect on Negroes , 82 . Treatment of Negro in foreign lands , 67-69 , 70 , 76 ...
... Social Equality , 73-74 . Soldier , The Negro , 94 . Solution of Race Problem , 127-130 . Suicide among whites and blacks , 107 . Syphilis , its origin and effect on Negroes , 82 . Treatment of Negro in foreign lands , 67-69 , 70 , 76 ...
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