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  • Imperium in Imperio

    by Sutton Griggs, A.J. Verdelle ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Self-published in 1899 and sold door-to-door by the author, this classic African-American novel—a gripping exploration of oppression, miscegenation, exploitation, and black empowerment—was a major bestseller in its day. The dramatic story of a conciliatory black man and a mulatto nationalist who grow up in a racist America and are driven to join a radical movement dedicated to the creation of an ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    Imperium In Imperio: A Study Of The Negro Race Problem (Unabridged)

    by SUTTON GRIGGS ...
    Narrated by Brett Alexander ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 22 min

    Imperium in Imperio is a historical fiction novel by Sutton Griggs, published in 1899. The novel covers the life of Belton Piedmont, an educated and disciplined black man in the Jim Crow south and his role in a shadow government of black men operated out of a college in Waco, Texas. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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