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The Convert

By Lerone Bennett Jr.

Aaron Lott is killed by the sherif when he challenges segregation in Mississippi. His friend Booker is called upon to tell the truth in court about what happened while risking to lose much that is dear to him.

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In North America Tags: race and ethnicity, discrimination, race, religion

Advancing Luna – And Ida B. Wells

By Alice Walker

A black civil rights worker reflects on her white friend’s report that she was raped by a black man in the South.

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In North America Tags: rape, race, race and ethnicity, discrimination, feminism

A Party for the Colonel

By F T Kola

An insurance company throws a party during the apartheid years in South Africa in honour of the Colonel, an Indian salesman with an impressive record. Apartheid enters into every dimension of the lives of himself and his family.

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In Africa Tags: race, respect for autonomy, discrimination, segregation, uncle tomism

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