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Era Bell Thompson: Affirming American Meritocracy

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Richard Guzman

Nearly without fail, the excerpt from Era Bell Thompson’s American Daughter, which I included in my book Black Writing from Chicago, is my students’ favorite. Leaving her native North Dakota in 1931, Era Bell Thompson came to settle in Chicago … Continue reading →

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