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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Page 104
... Southern chivalry is as brutal , dastardly and debasing as olden chivalry was reputed brave , magnanimous and ennobling . Having roasted their victim , these upholders of Southern womanhood will rend the reeking flesh in search of ...
... Southern chivalry is as brutal , dastardly and debasing as olden chivalry was reputed brave , magnanimous and ennobling . Having roasted their victim , these upholders of Southern womanhood will rend the reeking flesh in search of ...
Page 108
... Southern States , discards her scales and takes a firmer grip on her sword . Most of the offenses of Negroes are against property , or are caused by low wages . Negroes are poorer than whites and you will find more of them in prison for ...
... Southern States , discards her scales and takes a firmer grip on her sword . Most of the offenses of Negroes are against property , or are caused by low wages . Negroes are poorer than whites and you will find more of them in prison for ...
Page 120
... Southern whites are more educated and less resentful about the Civil War ; and the Negro is fourteen times more literate now than then . I have no doubt that in every Southern com- munity you will find Negroes possessing all the ...
... Southern whites are more educated and less resentful about the Civil War ; and the Negro is fourteen times more literate now than then . I have no doubt that in every Southern com- munity you will find Negroes possessing all the ...
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