The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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... Negro women and young Negro girls ; if you would see them slap and kick old Negro men and young Negro boys ; if you will observe them , as they did on two occasions , refuse to give us food because we wanted to sing our grace together ...
... Negro women and young Negro girls ; if you would see them slap and kick old Negro men and young Negro boys ; if you will observe them , as they did on two occasions , refuse to give us food because we wanted to sing our grace together ...
Page 274
... Negro as a free and equal American . They have looked away to Dixie Land with fury and scorn and earnestly have hoped the down- trodden Negro would never doubt the constancy of their faith . Abundance of precept , however , has been ...
... Negro as a free and equal American . They have looked away to Dixie Land with fury and scorn and earnestly have hoped the down- trodden Negro would never doubt the constancy of their faith . Abundance of precept , however , has been ...
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... Negro climbed out of the pit together , and unassisted . It was a long , grim and demeaning journey , and if it scarred the Negro it also scarred the white . For its part in the crime of slavery , as Gerald Johnson has written , the ...
... Negro climbed out of the pit together , and unassisted . It was a long , grim and demeaning journey , and if it scarred the Negro it also scarred the white . For its part in the crime of slavery , as Gerald Johnson has written , the ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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