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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Page 62
... duties upon our people : The duty to vote . The duty to respect the rights of others . The duty to work . The duty to obey the laws . The duty to be clean and orderly . The duty to send our children to school . The duty to respect ...
... duties upon our people : The duty to vote . The duty to respect the rights of others . The duty to work . The duty to obey the laws . The duty to be clean and orderly . The duty to send our children to school . The duty to respect ...
Page 239
... duty to ourselves , it is our duty to our children , it is our duty to the white race whose prowess subdued the wilderness of this continent , whose civiliza- tion filled it with cities and towns and villages , whose mind gave it power ...
... duty to ourselves , it is our duty to our children , it is our duty to the white race whose prowess subdued the wilderness of this continent , whose civiliza- tion filled it with cities and towns and villages , whose mind gave it power ...
Page 310
... duty of the boards of county police of each county in this state , to levy a poll or capitation tax on each and every freedman , free Negro , or mulatto , between the ages of eighteen and sixty years , not to exceed the sum of $ 1 ...
... duty of the boards of county police of each county in this state , to levy a poll or capitation tax on each and every freedman , free Negro , or mulatto , between the ages of eighteen and sixty years , not to exceed the sum of $ 1 ...
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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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