An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 140
... cause you done come . " Janie ate heartily and said nothing . The vari- colored cloud dust that the sun had stirred ... cause they just will collect round mah porch ' cause it's on de big road . Mah husband git so sick of ' em sometime ...
... cause you done come . " Janie ate heartily and said nothing . The vari- colored cloud dust that the sun had stirred ... cause they just will collect round mah porch ' cause it's on de big road . Mah husband git so sick of ' em sometime ...
Page 244
... cause I see her sometimes , just sittin ' . I was there the day she suddenly popped herself out of her lopsided old black rocker and just walked on down the street as if she had been walking all her life . I scooted in the house to tell ...
... cause I see her sometimes , just sittin ' . I was there the day she suddenly popped herself out of her lopsided old black rocker and just walked on down the street as if she had been walking all her life . I scooted in the house to tell ...
Page 246
... cause I didn't want to know about it . After what Ma said I noticed somethin ' about Granma that I guess other people didn't . She smiled now like my sister does when she wants somethin ' from Ma and she knows that Ma doesn't want her ...
... cause I didn't want to know about it . After what Ma said I noticed somethin ' about Granma that I guess other people didn't . She smiled now like my sister does when she wants somethin ' from Ma and she knows that Ma doesn't want her ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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