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 9
... white peoples , most of whom were enemies to one another , to unite against the Germans in 1914 . Will the doctrine ... black and white that will ever prevent them from living on the same social plane , at least so far as the Anglo ...
... white peoples , most of whom were enemies to one another , to unite against the Germans in 1914 . Will the doctrine ... black and white that will ever prevent them from living on the same social plane , at least so far as the Anglo ...
Page 88
... black and with the most superb physiques I have ever seen . The manner in which these men were petted and feted by ... white . When I inquired as to the absence of colored women , I was told that the white men had appropriated them . The ...
... black and with the most superb physiques I have ever seen . The manner in which these men were petted and feted by ... white . When I inquired as to the absence of colored women , I was told that the white men had appropriated them . The ...
Page 89
... white women and white men black women . The sexual relations between black and white whether they exist in Boston , San Francisco , Seattle , or New Orleans , are of chronic immorality . " No protest from the opposing side . Dixon ...
... white women and white men black women . The sexual relations between black and white whether they exist in Boston , San Francisco , Seattle , or New Orleans , are of chronic immorality . " No protest from the opposing side . Dixon ...
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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