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who was a professor of Philosophy, Chairman of the Philosophy Department at Howard University. And Doctor Lock was the authority in America on Negro culture, who was particularly interested because of his own special interest in the arts. He used to be a Negro artist.
...Well, this book opened my eyes because I heard names, read of names, read of people that I had never heard of before like ___ Collins, a great Negro poet. I heard Paul Rosen's name for the first time. Most of the literary figures of the early '20's where there was a period called the Negro Renaissance Period, where the first blossoming of Negro culture came to a head. And this book dealt specifically with that. Well, once I found that one book, I began to search for other books on Negroes, which lead me to Negro historical figures, individuals who had played a role in the abolition of slavery, who had played a role, names like Enmarque Beasley, who had led a slave revolt, Nat Turner, who also had led a slave revolt, Harriette Tubman, Sojannah True, Booker T. Washington, ___ Douglas. All these were names that in later years I became quite well read on. For the first time, I would say at fourteen years or so, these things came to my mind. I became aware that the Negroes had a history in America. So when I went through high school and had to take U.S. History, the first year I got though it fine and then the

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