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Nigger

by Dick Gregory, Robert Lipsyte · 1964

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"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I understand there are a good many Southerners in the room tonight. I know the South very well. I spent twenty years there one night..."

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thiscivil rightscivil rightsMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thissocial justicesocial justiceMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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