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... Negro are examined , the first thing that strikes the eye is that his views were not those of the Southern poor whites from which he sprang . Ben Truman , in his report on the South , asserted that opposition to Negro suffrage was far ...
... Negro are examined , the first thing that strikes the eye is that his views were not those of the Southern poor whites from which he sprang . Ben Truman , in his report on the South , asserted that opposition to Negro suffrage was far ...
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Milton Lomask. the products of one's labor . . . If he [ the Negro ] can rise by his own energies , in the name of God , let him rise . In saying this , I do not argue that the Negro race is equal to the Anglo - Saxon . If the Negro is ...
Milton Lomask. the products of one's labor . . . If he [ the Negro ] can rise by his own energies , in the name of God , let him rise . In saying this , I do not argue that the Negro race is equal to the Anglo - Saxon . If the Negro is ...
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... Negro officeholders and law - makers were com- petent and turned in good performances . But those who were born and bred in slavery had been kept in illiteracy and were unpre- pared . And since history is not so much what we remember as ...
... Negro officeholders and law - makers were com- petent and turned in good performances . But those who were born and bred in slavery had been kept in illiteracy and were unpre- pared . And since history is not so much what we remember as ...
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THE VICE PRESIDENT | 3 |
THE RADICALS | 35 |
OF HOPES DEFERRED | 49 |
Copyright | |
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