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 128
... ment necessarily assumes that if , as has been more than once the case , and is not unlikely to be so again , the colored race should become the dominant power in the state legislature and should enact a law in precisely similar terms ...
... ment necessarily assumes that if , as has been more than once the case , and is not unlikely to be so again , the colored race should become the dominant power in the state legislature and should enact a law in precisely similar terms ...
Page 219
... ment extends its protection to races and classes , and prohibits any state legislation which has the effect of denying to any race or class , or to any individual , the equal protection of the laws . Now , conceding , for the sake of ...
... ment extends its protection to races and classes , and prohibits any state legislation which has the effect of denying to any race or class , or to any individual , the equal protection of the laws . Now , conceding , for the sake of ...
Page 422
... ment , Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States and not entitled as such to sue in its courts , and , consequently , that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of the case and ...
... ment , Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States and not entitled as such to sue in its courts , and , consequently , that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of the case and ...
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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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