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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Mortimer Jerome Adler. concluded : “ It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours , but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the ex- ercises of these privileges . " Washington's Atlanta speech has been ...
Mortimer Jerome Adler. concluded : “ It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours , but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the ex- ercises of these privileges . " Washington's Atlanta speech has been ...
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... important and right that all privileges of the law be ours , but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges . The oppor- tunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more ...
... important and right that all privileges of the law be ours , but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges . The oppor- tunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more ...
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... important successes believe the emancipation policy and the use of the colored troops constitute the heaviest blow yet dealt to the rebellion , and that at least one of these important suc- cesses could not have been achieved when it ...
... important successes believe the emancipation policy and the use of the colored troops constitute the heaviest blow yet dealt to the rebellion , and that at least one of these important suc- cesses could not have been achieved when it ...
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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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