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 72
... citizen in that same neighborhood there would be a storm of protest . Though a paragon in charac- ter , he would be likely ... citizens , white and black , lose their heads , jim - crow and anti - marriage bills flood the legislatures of ...
... citizen in that same neighborhood there would be a storm of protest . Though a paragon in charac- ter , he would be likely ... citizens , white and black , lose their heads , jim - crow and anti - marriage bills flood the legislatures of ...
Page 75
... citizen . Did it ever strike you , sir , that the United States is the only country in the New World which has laws against its own citizens and give preference over them to certain aliens ? There are no jim - crow laws for white and ...
... citizen . Did it ever strike you , sir , that the United States is the only country in the New World which has laws against its own citizens and give preference over them to certain aliens ? There are no jim - crow laws for white and ...
Page 127
... citizen is better treated . No , it is due neither to color , nor hair , but to a silly unreasoning American custom ... citizens . There are also three methods which I have always thought would help , namely , text - books in the public ...
... citizen is better treated . No , it is due neither to color , nor hair , but to a silly unreasoning American custom ... citizens . There are also three methods which I have always thought would help , namely , text - books in the public ...
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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