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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... authority to pass it by virtue of that amendment , are the principal arguments adduced in favor of the power . We have carefully considered those arguments , as was due to the eminent ability of those who put them forward , and have ...
... authority to pass it by virtue of that amendment , are the principal arguments adduced in favor of the power . We have carefully considered those arguments , as was due to the eminent ability of those who put them forward , and have ...
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... authority in the shape of laws , customs , or judicial or executive proceedings . The wrongful act of an individual , un- supported by any such authority , is simply a private wrong , or a crime of that individual ; an invasion of the ...
... authority in the shape of laws , customs , or judicial or executive proceedings . The wrongful act of an individual , un- supported by any such authority , is simply a private wrong , or a crime of that individual ; an invasion of the ...
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... authority to punish those who violate United States laws under color of state authority - a doctrine from which the rebellion sprung and in entire harmony with the declaration of Mr. Buchanan , that there was no power to coerce a state ...
... authority to punish those who violate United States laws under color of state authority - a doctrine from which the rebellion sprung and in entire harmony with the declaration of Mr. Buchanan , that there was no power to coerce a state ...
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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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