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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Award Basis Between Bonds Contest Control Economic Financial Float Football Former Franchise Gain His Master Newly Northern Organized Over Political Power Resources Short Slave States Tax

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: January 15th, 1889

Died: May 16th, 1979

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