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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... Zulus , a black people , are the suc cessors of the ancient Greeks in beauty of physique . J. H. Balmer , explorer and lecturer , says : " " The Zulus are the physical superior of other races . A male Zulu has the strength , endurance ...
... Zulus , a black people , are the suc cessors of the ancient Greeks in beauty of physique . J. H. Balmer , explorer and lecturer , says : " " The Zulus are the physical superior of other races . A male Zulu has the strength , endurance ...
Page 56
... Zulu , Indian or Negro to win back in his indi- vidual self , the centuries of mental arrest or mental sleep experienced by his congeners . This property common to all human beings provides them at once with a trait of ineffaceable ...
... Zulu , Indian or Negro to win back in his indi- vidual self , the centuries of mental arrest or mental sleep experienced by his congeners . This property common to all human beings provides them at once with a trait of ineffaceable ...
Page 107
... Zulu ; that is , if this primitive stock would stand for it , which I very much doubt . The Negro with his fresher , more buoyant men- tality can do a great deal toward relieving the tension on the nerves of the Caucasian . For instance ...
... Zulu ; that is , if this primitive stock would stand for it , which I very much doubt . The Negro with his fresher , more buoyant men- tality can do a great deal toward relieving the tension on the nerves of the Caucasian . For instance ...
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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