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Selected Essays in Black History: Po' Sandy

The Goophered Grapevine Dave's Neckliss Po' Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt On the northeast corner of my vineyard in central North Carolina, and fronting on the Lumberton plank-road…

Mob murder in a Christian nation

by Ida B. Wells The lynching record for a quarter of a century merits the thoughtful study of the American people. It presents three salient facts: First, lynching is a colorline…

Speech on Civil Rights

by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Speech given in the House of Representatives Mr. Speaker, the United States Congress is a 19th century body in a 20th century world. In the field of civil rights…