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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... racial differences was race prejudice . On the contrary , he argued , there were no significant biological differences between the various races of the human species . His thesis , expressed in books and other writings , was politely ...
... racial differences was race prejudice . On the contrary , he argued , there were no significant biological differences between the various races of the human species . His thesis , expressed in books and other writings , was politely ...
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... race prejudice and see in every person a man entitled to be judged on his merits . The weak - minded will not follow their example . But the greatest hope for the immediate future lies in a lessening of the contrast between Negroes and ...
... race prejudice and see in every person a man entitled to be judged on his merits . The weak - minded will not follow their example . But the greatest hope for the immediate future lies in a lessening of the contrast between Negroes and ...
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... race so different from our own that we do not permit those belonging to it to become citizens of the United States . Per- sons belonging to it are , with few exceptions , absolutely excluded from our country . I allude to the Chinese race ...
... race so different from our own that we do not permit those belonging to it to become citizens of the United States . Per- sons belonging to it are , with few exceptions , absolutely excluded from our country . I allude to the Chinese race ...
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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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