As exhilarating as this may sound the mountain they had to climb to receive acceptance the way they were was a very steep one. ... Zora Neale Hurston claims that this lack of interest and gap in the national literature and information is causing a strain on world affairs. ... The author of Scarlet Sister Mary said her neighbor didn't take well to the book because she portrayed her characters falsely as "everyone knows niggas don't think....

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According to Howard Jones in the book Race on Trial, "Black people had brought suit on behalf of their rights as human beings and, whether on the basis of law or morality, went freeIf they [blacks] found equality before the courts, the momentum would develop for their achieving the same status outside the courts. ... True empathy might help our country move forward, but simple words on a document that sound far from personal will make little impact. ... My thinking was also reinforced by the education I received in school because the institution never fully educated me on the racial and...

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