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Now to return to the American concept of race … In my youth, it became the vision of a glorious crusade where I and my fellows were to match our mettle against white folk and show them what black folk could do. But as I grew older the matter became more serious and less capable of jaunty settlement.
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Lowery, C. (2016). Time of the Brave Mask, a Metaphor for Racial Identity/Invisibility in US Schools. In: Lowery, C., Hernandez, C., Walker, A., Thomas, C. (eds) Un-American Acts. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-328-5_3
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