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 45
... thing done by only the lowest of the lower animals , namely , the eating of their own kind . Even in this country you can find Negroes whose fathers and mothers were cannibals , since it was not until 1850 that the importation of ...
... thing done by only the lowest of the lower animals , namely , the eating of their own kind . Even in this country you can find Negroes whose fathers and mothers were cannibals , since it was not until 1850 that the importation of ...
Page 66
... thing White America has yet to decide - again I except those who practise justice — is this : Is the Negro a human being , or is he a creature somewhere between man and monkey ? Is he an American citizen or isn't he ? He is legislated ...
... thing White America has yet to decide - again I except those who practise justice — is this : Is the Negro a human being , or is he a creature somewhere between man and monkey ? Is he an American citizen or isn't he ? He is legislated ...
Page 89
... thing away . They furnish strong circumstantial evidence that whites do want to mate with blacks . A law prohibiting marriage on account of color is unnatural , immoral and stupid , and a monument to the asininity of those who make it ...
... thing away . They furnish strong circumstantial evidence that whites do want to mate with blacks . A law prohibiting marriage on account of color is unnatural , immoral and stupid , and a monument to the asininity of those who make it ...
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