Jefferson's pillow : the founding fathers and the dilemma of Black patriotism
Wilkins examines the lives of the founding fathers to discover how, "race and slavery still impede our progress."
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Jefferson's Pillow
The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism
By ROGER WILKINS
Beacon Press
Copyright © 2001 Roger Wilkins. All rights reserved.
ISBN: 0-8070-0956-3
Contents
INTRODUCTION.........................................................11 Tainted Origins....................................................92 Bright Promises, Shadows of Sin...................................343 The Wages of Privilege............................................524 Is a Nigger a Human Being?........................................875 A Blood American.................................................122NOTES..............................................................148ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................................................155INDEX..............................................................156
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