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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... political efforts and hopes . A fusionist movement occurred which saw black Republicans cooperating politically with white Populists , sometimes to the mutual advantage of each group . The Democratic Party raised the spectre of such ...
... political efforts and hopes . A fusionist movement occurred which saw black Republicans cooperating politically with white Populists , sometimes to the mutual advantage of each group . The Democratic Party raised the spectre of such ...
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... political abilities were soon recognized , and the newly franchised Negroes elected him to several state offices and , finally , in 1874 , to the Senate where he served one term . His record there was commendable even on issues that did ...
... political abilities were soon recognized , and the newly franchised Negroes elected him to several state offices and , finally , in 1874 , to the Senate where he served one term . His record there was commendable even on issues that did ...
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... political franchise . Let them cease their attempts to coerce our political cooperation , and invite and secure it by a policy so fair and just as to commend itself to our judgment , and resort to no motive or measure to control us that ...
... political franchise . Let them cease their attempts to coerce our political cooperation , and invite and secure it by a policy so fair and just as to commend itself to our judgment , and resort to no motive or measure to control us that ...
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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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