Författare: Alice Moore Dunbar

51 speeches by prominent African-American leaders include Booker T. Washington’s "Atlanta Compromise" address, Frederick Douglass’ "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?", plus …

Contents The goodness of Saint Rocque — Tony’s wife — The fisherman of Pass Christian — M’sieu Fortier’s violin — By the Bayou St. John — When the bayou overflows — Mr. Baptiste — A carnival j …

THE GOODNESS OF SAINT ROCQUE Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken. She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arche …