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	H. L. Mencken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The balance of abuse meted out by Mencken to races, religions, and groups is overwhelmingly skewed against the "dominant" groups, such as Southern Whites, Christians (especially of the Methodist or Baptist traditions), and even German immigrants, with whom Mencken shared his heritage.
		He considered groupings on a par with hierarchies, which led to a kind of natural elitism and aristocracy.
		The articles by African-Americans ranged from a Pullman Porter's account of life in that occupation to sophisticated articles by important fl thinkers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/H.L._Mencken (3188 words)

	Montgomery Bus Boycott
		After the desegregation of the armed forces lead by A. Philip Randolph of the Sleeping Car Porter union, fls were drafted into the army during the Korean War to fight for "freedom." This led to more self-confidence as they learned how to use machinery and weapons during the war.
		He was also a Pullman porter who was greatly inspired by A. Philip Randolph.
		Nixon's day job was as a sleeping-car porter; his civil rights hero was A. Philip Randolph, the socialist intellectual who had turned the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters into the first significant fl labor union.
	www.hll.org /BusBoycott.htm (4660 words)

	Queenhyte.com - Bibliography
		(Holt, ISBN 0-8050-7075-3) According to a review in Publishers Weekly, this book makes the case for the centrality of the Pullman Porter in the making of the fl middle class and in much of American cultural life.
		This bibliography and book fills a substantial gap in African American history and literature for the period from 1794 to 1861.
		Dorothy Porter Wesley and Constance Porter Uzelac, eds.
	www.queenhyte.com /bibliography.html (7865 words)

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