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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... South South America , becoming six months later his private secretary . Together we visited the principal countries of the world . Mr. Simpson died while we were in Bordeaux . That accounts for my stay there . " " Didn't you like it in ...
... South South America , becoming six months later his private secretary . Together we visited the principal countries of the world . Mr. Simpson died while we were in Bordeaux . That accounts for my stay there . " " Didn't you like it in ...
Page 92
... South America ? " And the passenger , who had also travelled in South America , engaged him in a conversation about Argentina . The talk gradually led to conditions among the Negroes in the South . Among other things the passenger said ...
... South America ? " And the passenger , who had also travelled in South America , engaged him in a conversation about Argentina . The talk gradually led to conditions among the Negroes in the South . Among other things the passenger said ...
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... Latin races is decidedly more sincere , even in the United States . The Caucasian countries with the lowest degree of prejudice are the Catholic ones , like France , Spain , Italy and all South and Central America . " Now to speak of ...
... Latin races is decidedly more sincere , even in the United States . The Caucasian countries with the lowest degree of prejudice are the Catholic ones , like France , Spain , Italy and all South and Central America . " Now to speak of ...
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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