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The Planet praises “The Negro is a Man” as a book that utilizes biblical context to support the “Negro is of Adamic offspring” and “therefore has a soul”.

The writer contrasts how talking about black people is “a prominent” topic in the South but is not in the North.

African American author, Lucinda Young, writes about her callings from God and the visions she believes are bound to come true.

A boxing match between the current heavyweight champion against a “negro” boxer, who clearly dominates the fight against the white fighter.

The Republican National Committee assures that in their decision-making, they must “protect and defend the rights of all men, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

A letter to John Mitchell Jr. from a distinguished white business man complements Mitchell on his contributions to the progress of the race and as a “shaper of opinions.”

A Baptist missionary school declares minorities a threat to the community, especially due to their alcohol consumption.

A sarcastic attack on white injustice points out that black families are buying their own land and homes, stating that “material advancement of the colored man is a much greater menace to the ease and comfort of the aforesaid brother than all of the…

A White woman writes a letter to the Planet in which she agrees that the treatment of African Americans in America is atrocious.

A white woman writes to tell how the most horrid part of the slave trade was the transportation, and says, "never can so much misery be found."