An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 66
... heard reports to the effect that he was a white man who lived on one of the nearby plantations . Whoever he was , I never heard of his taking the least interest in me or providing in any way for my rearing . But I do not find especial ...
... heard reports to the effect that he was a white man who lived on one of the nearby plantations . Whoever he was , I never heard of his taking the least interest in me or providing in any way for my rearing . But I do not find especial ...
Page 162
... heard a low murmur of voices and in the same instant his consciousness recorded without bitterness- like a man stepping out of his house to go to work and noticing that the sun is shining — the fact that even here in the Cook County ...
... heard a low murmur of voices and in the same instant his consciousness recorded without bitterness- like a man stepping out of his house to go to work and noticing that the sun is shining — the fact that even here in the Cook County ...
Page 234
... 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 all slipped out . Man , that ...
... 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 all slipped out . Man , that ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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