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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... segregate themselves— indeed , they are upbraided when they do so , as listen to the fuss that is made about the German - American . Another point : -too close a Negro unity makes for segregation . And with regard to Negroes not acting ...
... segregate themselves— indeed , they are upbraided when they do so , as listen to the fuss that is made about the German - American . Another point : -too close a Negro unity makes for segregation . And with regard to Negroes not acting ...
Page 75
... segregation , a great many Negroes do act as you say , but they cannot be wholly blamed since they are unwelcome in white places . Apart from this justifiable attitude , you will find a great many just as illiberal in this respect as ...
... segregation , a great many Negroes do act as you say , but they cannot be wholly blamed since they are unwelcome in white places . Apart from this justifiable attitude , you will find a great many just as illiberal in this respect as ...
Page 110
... segregation . " With segregation as the basic factor , here are some of the details that go to make up the Negro attacker of white women : defective mentality ; the pictures of nude white women in poses , more or less suggestive , that ...
... segregation . " With segregation as the basic factor , here are some of the details that go to make up the Negro attacker of white women : defective mentality ; the pictures of nude white women in poses , more or less suggestive , that ...
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