A Short History of the American NegroMacmillan, 1939 - 288 pages |
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Page 133
... original gift of $ 1,000,000 was later increased to $ 2,384,000 , and it was provided that the benefits should be distributed among the entire population " without other distinctions than their needs and the opportunities of usefulness ...
... original gift of $ 1,000,000 was later increased to $ 2,384,000 , and it was provided that the benefits should be distributed among the entire population " without other distinctions than their needs and the opportunities of usefulness ...
Page 136
... original plan , however , arose Hampton in Virginia , Atlanta University in Georgia , Berea Col- lege in Kentucky , Fisk University in Tennessee , Straight University in Louisiana , Talladega College in Alabama , Tougaloo University in ...
... original plan , however , arose Hampton in Virginia , Atlanta University in Georgia , Berea Col- lege in Kentucky , Fisk University in Tennessee , Straight University in Louisiana , Talladega College in Alabama , Tougaloo University in ...
Page 235
... original issues of Dunbar's poems are all now out of print , but the volume , Complete Poems ( Dodd , Mead & Co. , 1913 ) , is still accessible . For a general consideration of Dunbar and all the other figures mentioned in this chapter ...
... original issues of Dunbar's poems are all now out of print , but the volume , Complete Poems ( Dodd , Mead & Co. , 1913 ) , is still accessible . For a general consideration of Dunbar and all the other figures mentioned in this chapter ...
Contents
The African Slave Coast | 1 |
Servitude and Slavery | 7 |
The First Blows for Liberty | 14 |
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