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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... believe in manhood suffrage ; we believe that no man is so good , intelligent , or wealthy as to be en- trusted wholly with the welfare of his neighbor . We believe also in protest against the curtailment of our civil rights . All ...
... believe in manhood suffrage ; we believe that no man is so good , intelligent , or wealthy as to be en- trusted wholly with the welfare of his neighbor . We believe also in protest against the curtailment of our civil rights . All ...
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... believe that you and the Congress of the United States thought that they had , and therefore used , finally , the armed force of the nation to expel Spain from that island . Why ? Was it because " the people of the island of Cuba are ...
... believe that you and the Congress of the United States thought that they had , and therefore used , finally , the armed force of the nation to expel Spain from that island . Why ? Was it because " the people of the island of Cuba are ...
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... believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall ...
... believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall ...
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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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