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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... colored Americans . Being a black man himself , Garvey tried to draw the black Negroes of America away from those of lighter skin . But the color line of the whites against the whole Negro group in this country gives that many- colored ...
... colored Americans . Being a black man himself , Garvey tried to draw the black Negroes of America away from those of lighter skin . But the color line of the whites against the whole Negro group in this country gives that many- colored ...
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... Colored men , women and children had been beaten in the parks , most of them in Jackson and Lincoln Parks . In one case a young colored girl was beaten and thrown into a lagoon . In other cases Negroes were beaten so severely that they ...
... Colored men , women and children had been beaten in the parks , most of them in Jackson and Lincoln Parks . In one case a young colored girl was beaten and thrown into a lagoon . In other cases Negroes were beaten so severely that they ...
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... colored , and the American Legion refuses to make any provision in regard to the admission of this ten per cent . The Legion was organized at an informal caucus at St. Louis , last May , and then dodged the Negro question by giving each ...
... colored , and the American Legion refuses to make any provision in regard to the admission of this ten per cent . The Legion was organized at an informal caucus at St. Louis , last May , and then dodged the Negro question by giving each ...
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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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