Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 61
... United States can speak of him in his autobiography in glowing terms : " Marcus Garvey was one of the greatest mass leaders of all times . He was misunderstood and maligned , but he brought to the Negro people for the first time a sense ...
... United States can speak of him in his autobiography in glowing terms : " Marcus Garvey was one of the greatest mass leaders of all times . He was misunderstood and maligned , but he brought to the Negro people for the first time a sense ...
Page 62
... United States , and which produces its own patterns of behaviour ; and a society where the majority of the popula- tion is coloured and black and is held , partly by its own consent , in a purely social subjection by a white and fair ...
... United States , and which produces its own patterns of behaviour ; and a society where the majority of the popula- tion is coloured and black and is held , partly by its own consent , in a purely social subjection by a white and fair ...
Page 139
... United States . The interest in kin is not confined to one's own family . One of the chief pastimes in the island is the verbal investigation of other people's families . This may be compared with the practice which takes place in what ...
... United States . The interest in kin is not confined to one's own family . One of the chief pastimes in the island is the verbal investigation of other people's families . This may be compared with the practice which takes place in what ...
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