‘It’s powerful,’ he said. ‘What?’ ‘That one drop of Negro blood—because just one drop of black blood makes a man coloured. One drop—you are a Negro!’
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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
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Birth: | 1st February, 1902 |
Death: | 22nd May, 1967 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Columnist, Novelist, Playwriter, Poet |
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