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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... appeared . By 1905 Chesnutt had won high praise for his novels and short stories , among which were The Conjure Woman and The House Behind the Cedars . Between 1865 and 1900 numerous Ne- groes wrote autobiographies , including Henry O ...
... appeared . By 1905 Chesnutt had won high praise for his novels and short stories , among which were The Conjure Woman and The House Behind the Cedars . Between 1865 and 1900 numerous Ne- groes wrote autobiographies , including Henry O ...
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... appeared in 1912. In 1917 his Fifty Years and Other Poems ap- peared . He also compiled anthologies of Negro life that were pub- lished before the end of 1927. With the publication in 1922 of Claude McKay's volume of poetry entitled ...
... appeared in 1912. In 1917 his Fifty Years and Other Poems ap- peared . He also compiled anthologies of Negro life that were pub- lished before the end of 1927. With the publication in 1922 of Claude McKay's volume of poetry entitled ...
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... appeared with alarming frequency and the news articles beneath such headlines have been of the same sort . During the riot- ing such headlines as " NEGRO BANDITS TERRORIZE TOWN , ' " RIOTERS BURN 100 HOMES - NEGROES SUSPECTED OF HAVING ...
... appeared with alarming frequency and the news articles beneath such headlines have been of the same sort . During the riot- ing such headlines as " NEGRO BANDITS TERRORIZE TOWN , ' " RIOTERS BURN 100 HOMES - NEGROES SUSPECTED OF HAVING ...
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