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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... better than anywhere on earth , but along came the world war and I joined up with the American forces . After the ... better job than this . " " Well , I have never been able to . And when one has a family he must get the wherewithal to ...
... better than anywhere on earth , but along came the world war and I joined up with the American forces . After the ... better job than this . " " Well , I have never been able to . And when one has a family he must get the wherewithal to ...
Page 59
... better but for the handicap of color ? Thus , as you see , one balances the other . Since mediocrity is a human characteristic and is to be found among peoples having the widest and fullest opportunities for advancement , why marvel at ...
... better but for the handicap of color ? Thus , as you see , one balances the other . Since mediocrity is a human characteristic and is to be found among peoples having the widest and fullest opportunities for advancement , why marvel at ...
Page 95
... better opportunities in the North , but in all the large Northern cities it seems to me that the proportion of Negroes hanging outside saloons and loafing in pool - rooms was far in excess of those white doing the same thing ...
... better opportunities in the North , but in all the large Northern cities it seems to me that the proportion of Negroes hanging outside saloons and loafing in pool - rooms was far in excess of those white doing the same thing ...
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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