An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 116
... face was as black as night but shone as though it were polished ; he had sparkling eyes , and when he opened his mouth he displayed glistening white teeth . It struck me at once as appropriate to call him " Shiny Face , " or " Shiny ...
... face was as black as night but shone as though it were polished ; he had sparkling eyes , and when he opened his mouth he displayed glistening white teeth . It struck me at once as appropriate to call him " Shiny Face , " or " Shiny ...
Page 134
... face . His smooth black face begins to glisten and to shine . Soon , people notice him and gather round . His eyes are rapturous upon the heavens . Lips and nostrils quiver . Barlo is in a religious trance . Town folks know it . They ...
... face . His smooth black face begins to glisten and to shine . Soon , people notice him and gather round . His eyes are rapturous upon the heavens . Lips and nostrils quiver . Barlo is in a religious trance . Town folks know it . They ...
Page 262
... face . " You and your kind ought to be lashed . You know that ? False , false , false , that's what you are . All the way through . And look at your filthy collar . It's been a week , if ever , if soap's seen that , I bet . I really ...
... face . " You and your kind ought to be lashed . You know that ? False , false , false , that's what you are . All the way through . And look at your filthy collar . It's been a week , if ever , if soap's seen that , I bet . I really ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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