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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... justice hang more level between whites and blacks ; that the hand of justice bears more equally upon the two colors , and that both are punished alike for similar offenses , although it would seem reasonable to inflict heavier penalties ...
... justice hang more level between whites and blacks ; that the hand of justice bears more equally upon the two colors , and that both are punished alike for similar offenses , although it would seem reasonable to inflict heavier penalties ...
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... Justice Joseph P. Bradley , and of the dissent , by Justice John M. Harlan . Harlan's dissent , it will be noted , makes use of much of the reasoning that was used to promote the Civil Rights Act of 1965 , which also contained a public ...
... Justice Joseph P. Bradley , and of the dissent , by Justice John M. Harlan . Harlan's dissent , it will be noted , makes use of much of the reasoning that was used to promote the Civil Rights Act of 1965 , which also contained a public ...
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... justice , we remain yours for our flag , our coun- try , and humanity . BENJAMIN G. HUMPHREYS Justice But Not Equality for the Negro Benjamin Humphreys was the first elected governor of Mississippi after the Civil War . The federal ...
... justice , we remain yours for our flag , our coun- try , and humanity . BENJAMIN G. HUMPHREYS Justice But Not Equality for the Negro Benjamin Humphreys was the first elected governor of Mississippi after the Civil War . The federal ...
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