The Negro in American History: A taste of freedom, 1854-1927Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1969 - African Americans Vol. 1, A taste of freedom, 1854-1927. Vol. 2, Slaves and masters, 1567-1854. Vol. 3, New Your, New York. |
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... aliens and alien ideas . After ten years of the Klan it is in arms for defense . This is our great achievement . The second is more selfish ; we have won the leader- ship in the movement for Americanism . Except for a few lonesome ...
... aliens and alien ideas . After ten years of the Klan it is in arms for defense . This is our great achievement . The second is more selfish ; we have won the leader- ship in the movement for Americanism . Except for a few lonesome ...
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... alien remains fixedly alien to America and all it means . They saw , too , that the alien was tearing down the American standard of living , especially in the lower walks . It became clear that while the American can outwork the alien , the ...
... alien remains fixedly alien to America and all it means . They saw , too , that the alien was tearing down the American standard of living , especially in the lower walks . It became clear that while the American can outwork the alien , the ...
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... alien relation have given way if we could only , while letting that pass , have held fast by the other old ideas . But they were all bound to- gether . See our embarrassment . For more than a hundred years we had made these sentiments ...
... alien relation have given way if we could only , while letting that pass , have held fast by the other old ideas . But they were all bound to- gether . See our embarrassment . For more than a hundred years we had made these sentiments ...
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ALAIN LOCKE The High Cost of Prejudice | 3 |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR Nixon v Herndon | 10 |
WILLIAM PICKENS The Emperor of Africa | 20 |
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