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 5
... passenger , fully dressed , had rushed into the room . " Is this Boone we are coming into , porter ? " he demanded excitedly in a foreign accent , at the same time peering anxiously out of the window at the twinkling lights of the town ...
... passenger , fully dressed , had rushed into the room . " Is this Boone we are coming into , porter ? " he demanded excitedly in a foreign accent , at the same time peering anxiously out of the window at the twinkling lights of the town ...
Page 7
... passenger told Dixon about a clash between the porter on his car and a fussy passenger that afternoon . " Do you often meet people like that , ” he asked . " No , sir . Nearly everyone I meet on the road is very pleasant . I am sure ...
... passenger told Dixon about a clash between the porter on his car and a fussy passenger that afternoon . " Do you often meet people like that , ” he asked . " No , sir . Nearly everyone I meet on the road is very pleasant . I am sure ...
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... passenger did not respond . Dixon continued : - " Now let us examine the others . First like the " He was interrupted by the entrance of another passenger , the travelling companion of the one that had entered a few minutes before . The ...
... passenger did not respond . Dixon continued : - " Now let us examine the others . First like the " He was interrupted by the entrance of another passenger , the travelling companion of the one that had entered a few minutes before . The ...
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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