An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 98
... gave Noah de rainbow sign , Don't you see ? God gave Noah de rainbow sign , Don't you see ? God gave Noah de rainbow sign , No more water but fire next time ; Better get a home in dat rock , Don't you see ? I Got a Home in Dat Rock I ...
... gave Noah de rainbow sign , Don't you see ? God gave Noah de rainbow sign , Don't you see ? God gave Noah de rainbow sign , No more water but fire next time ; Better get a home in dat rock , Don't you see ? I Got a Home in Dat Rock I ...
Page 106
... gave more damaging testimony than his friend Mr. Bingo . The judge's charge was favorable to the defend- ant , but the current of popular opinion could not be entirely stemmed . The jury brought in a ver- dict of guilty . " Before I am ...
... gave more damaging testimony than his friend Mr. Bingo . The judge's charge was favorable to the defend- ant , but the current of popular opinion could not be entirely stemmed . The jury brought in a ver- dict of guilty . " Before I am ...
Page 231
... gave him a don't - destroy - this - poor- sensitive - spirit look . He mopped his face and tried again . 99 " Abstractionism is a very advanced genre— ' " Yes , yes , advanced , " Dick said , cutting him off impatiently , " but not even ...
... gave him a don't - destroy - this - poor- sensitive - spirit look . He mopped his face and tried again . 99 " Abstractionism is a very advanced genre— ' " Yes , yes , advanced , " Dick said , cutting him off impatiently , " but not even ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
Copyright | |
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