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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... Caucasian are more pleasing , not only to the Caucasian , but to the Negroes , judging from their own comments . No one would ever think of comparing the physiognomy of a Negro with that of an an Adonis or an Aphrodite . The white man's ...
... Caucasian are more pleasing , not only to the Caucasian , but to the Negroes , judging from their own comments . No one would ever think of comparing the physiognomy of a Negro with that of an an Adonis or an Aphrodite . The white man's ...
Page 107
... Caucasian needs as a rejuvenator particularly in the South - where the vitia- tion of the Caucasian stock is glaringly apparent - is an infusion of blood from some primitive stock , with nerves and tissues unspoiled by the greed of ...
... Caucasian needs as a rejuvenator particularly in the South - where the vitia- tion of the Caucasian stock is glaringly apparent - is an infusion of blood from some primitive stock , with nerves and tissues unspoiled by the greed of ...
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... Caucasian , 49 . Body odor of Negro and Caucasian , 47-48 . Cannibalism among Whites and Negroes , 45 , 46 . Civilizations , Negro , 20 , 25 , 39 . Crime , 108 . Communism and the Negro , 117-119 . Employment and occupation , 95-98 ...
... Caucasian , 49 . Body odor of Negro and Caucasian , 47-48 . Cannibalism among Whites and Negroes , 45 , 46 . Civilizations , Negro , 20 , 25 , 39 . Crime , 108 . Communism and the Negro , 117-119 . Employment and occupation , 95-98 ...
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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 feel 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 prejudice primitive prove question racial rape replied Dixon segregation self-respect sexual skin slavery slaves smoker so-called social equality South South America Southern speak 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