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Page 256
... never entered my mind that anyone would look at me and expect me to be- have that way . I learned in New Jersey that to be a Negro meant , precisely , that one was never looked at but was simply at the mercy of the reflexes the color of ...
... never entered my mind that anyone would look at me and expect me to be- have that way . I learned in New Jersey that to be a Negro meant , precisely , that one was never looked at but was simply at the mercy of the reflexes the color of ...
Page 322
... never did it . " As near as I could discover , he had probably gone to bed in a barn when drunk , and smoked his pipe there ; and so a barn was burnt . He had the reputation of being a clever man , had been there some three months ...
... never did it . " As near as I could discover , he had probably gone to bed in a barn when drunk , and smoked his pipe there ; and so a barn was burnt . He had the reputation of being a clever man , had been there some three months ...
Page 326
... never distinctly and nakedly behold it . They speak of moving society , but have no resting - place without it . They may be men of a certain experience and discrimination , and have no doubt invented ingenious and even useful systems ...
... never distinctly and nakedly behold it . They speak of moving society , but have no resting - place without it . They may be men of a certain experience and discrimination , and have no doubt invented ingenious and even useful systems ...
Contents
JAMES BALDWIN from The Fire Next Time | 199 |
RACE AND RACISM | 211 |
DISSENT AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE | 290 |
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