The Negro in American History: A taste of freedom, 1854-1927Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1972 - African Americans Source material quoting from diaries, letters, court decisions, poetry, statements, articles, etc. by 137 different authors. |
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... President McKinley from Massachusetts Negroes In the last sixteen years of the nineteenth century , there were 2,500 lynchings in the United States . Most of ... President McKinley Open Letter to President McKinley from Massachusetts Negroes.
... President McKinley from Massachusetts Negroes In the last sixteen years of the nineteenth century , there were 2,500 lynchings in the United States . Most of ... President McKinley Open Letter to President McKinley from Massachusetts Negroes.
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... President's account because it is calcu- lated to alienate him from those who elevated him to power and would gladly have rallied around his administration to sustain him in the principles upon which he was elected . But above all , sir ...
... President's account because it is calcu- lated to alienate him from those who elevated him to power and would gladly have rallied around his administration to sustain him in the principles upon which he was elected . But above all , sir ...
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... President's objec- tions ; and such objections ! What are they ? That : In all our history , in all our experience as a people , living under federal and state laws , no such system as that contem- plated by the details of this bill has ...
... President's objec- tions ; and such objections ! What are they ? That : In all our history , in all our experience as a people , living under federal and state laws , no such system as that contem- plated by the details of this bill has ...
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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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