An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 163
... door to see what was happening . Down the corridor he saw six white men struggling with a brown - skinned Negro . They dragged him over the floor by his feet and stopped directly in front of Bigger's cell door . As the door swung in ...
... door to see what was happening . Down the corridor he saw six white men struggling with a brown - skinned Negro . They dragged him over the floor by his feet and stopped directly in front of Bigger's cell door . As the door swung in ...
Page 234
... door , but it was locked . I heard one guy mutter , " The hell with this , " and he split . For a minute there was silence ; then we heard something like every- one rushing for the door . Lee said , " C'mon , let's follow them . " So we ...
... door , but it was locked . I heard one guy mutter , " The hell with this , " and he split . For a minute there was silence ; then we heard something like every- one rushing for the door . Lee said , " C'mon , let's follow them . " So we ...
Page 236
... door . Muffie , a Yorkshire terrier bowed in yellow satin , trotted from the bedroom and darted be- tween Lee's legs . His bark was like an old man coughing . Lee moaned , " Lord , " and noiselessly closed the door . He parked the beige ...
... door . Muffie , a Yorkshire terrier bowed in yellow satin , trotted from the bedroom and darted be- tween Lee's legs . His bark was like an old man coughing . Lee moaned , " Lord , " and noiselessly closed the door . He parked the beige ...
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Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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