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“It was from Granny's conversations, year after year, that the meager details of Grandpa's life came to me. When the Civil War broke out, he ran off from his master and groped his way through the Confederate lines to the North. He darkly boasted of having killed "mo'n mah fair share of those damn rebels" while en route to enlist in the Union Army. Militantly resentful of slavery, he joined the Union Army... Mustered out, he returned to the South and, during elections, guarded ballot boxes with his army rifle so that Negroes could vote. But when the Negro had been driven from political power, his spirit had been crushed. He was convinced that the war had not really ended, that it would start again.”

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Book:Black Boy
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Black Boy

This classic novel delves into the life of a young African American man as he navigates the complexities of race, identity, and social justice in the early 20th century United States. more

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Richard Wright
Richard Wright

Richard Wright (September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an influential American author whose works profoundly exposed racial discrimination and social injustice, leaving a lasting impact on American literature. more

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