An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 26
... kind of dejection ; they concluded they must go ( so the phrase for dying was ) , and there- fore in a kind of fixed , determined state of mind went off . It struck our minds with awe to have applica- tion made by those in health to ...
... kind of dejection ; they concluded they must go ( so the phrase for dying was ) , and there- fore in a kind of fixed , determined state of mind went off . It struck our minds with awe to have applica- tion made by those in health to ...
Page 167
... kind own the earth . She and her kind say black folks are dogs . They don't let you do nothing but what they want . " " But , Bigger , this woman was trying to help you ! " " She didn't act like it . " " How should she have acted ...
... kind own the earth . She and her kind say black folks are dogs . They don't let you do nothing but what they want . " " But , Bigger , this woman was trying to help you ! " " She didn't act like it . " " How should she have acted ...
Page 231
... kind of integrated , but we never thought of it that way . We really dug each other , so we hung around together . As Lee would say , " We related to each other in a meaningful way . " ( That's another thing about Lee . He was always ...
... kind of integrated , but we never thought of it that way . We really dug each other , so we hung around together . As Lee would say , " We related to each other in a meaningful way . " ( That's another thing about Lee . He was always ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
Copyright | |
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