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 162
... force that cannot be withstood , it is the power of the banded intelligence and responsibility of a free community . Against it , numbers and corruption cannot prevail . It cannot be forbidden in the law or divorced in force . It is the ...
... force that cannot be withstood , it is the power of the banded intelligence and responsibility of a free community . Against it , numbers and corruption cannot prevail . It cannot be forbidden in the law or divorced in force . It is the ...
Page 172
... force with force with most beneficial results . The issue upon us cannot be misunderstood by those who are watching current events . To us it is not a theory ( to quote a distin- guished Democrat ) , but a condition that confronts us ...
... force with force with most beneficial results . The issue upon us cannot be misunderstood by those who are watching current events . To us it is not a theory ( to quote a distin- guished Democrat ) , but a condition that confronts us ...
Page 238
... force they are endeavoring to force us into acquiescence to their hideous program . We have submitted long enough to indignities , and it is time to Negro Legislators meet brute force with brute force . Every 238 1866-1883.
... force they are endeavoring to force us into acquiescence to their hideous program . We have submitted long enough to indignities , and it is time to Negro Legislators meet brute force with brute force . Every 238 1866-1883.
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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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