No More Lies: The Myth and the Reality of American HistoryHarper & Row, 1971 - 311 pagina's Explodes such American myths as free elections, the Mason-Dixon line, free enterprise, Emancipation, and the Puritan Pilgrims. |
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Pagina 73
... votes . Also at the table sat the candidates . There was little chance of a " dark horse " candi- date running away with the vote , because the sheriff was chosen by the wealthy aristocracy and he managed the elections . The sheriff ...
... votes . Also at the table sat the candidates . There was little chance of a " dark horse " candi- date running away with the vote , because the sheriff was chosen by the wealthy aristocracy and he managed the elections . The sheriff ...
Pagina 248
... vote , the right to elect a candidate , that the important right to select a candidate is bypassed completely . Obtaining the right to vote has always been a hard struggle for black folks in the South . Black folks have traditionally ...
... vote , the right to elect a candidate , that the important right to select a candidate is bypassed completely . Obtaining the right to vote has always been a hard struggle for black folks in the South . Black folks have traditionally ...
Pagina 276
... vote at age eighteen . " That's abso- lutely foolish ! If a young man has to go to war at age eighteen , he had better get the right to vote at age seventeen . As groovy as young folks in America are today , if they got the right to ...
... vote at age eighteen . " That's abso- lutely foolish ! If a young man has to go to war at age eighteen , he had better get the right to vote at age seventeen . As groovy as young folks in America are today , if they got the right to ...
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The Myth of the Puritan Pilgrim | 1 |
The Myth of Free Enterprise | 168 |
The Myth of Emancipation | 178 |
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