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Lessons From the Life of Evelyn Waugh

The American Spectator 14 Apr 2024
Nearly 60 years ago, the renowned prose stylist and infamous Catholic convert Evelyn Waugh passed away ... McCarthy ... The author made repeated references to jazz and “negro culture,” which his wife later explained was simply a pun on the guest’s surname ... .
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Water firm Neger refuses to drop racial caricature

The Times/The Sunday Times 04 Dec 2023
Neger is the owners’ surname but it is also a pejorative German term with a field of meaning that stretches from “negro” to the N-word. The company alludes to this double entendre in its logo ... Related articles ... .
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Nansemond own portion of land where ancestors once thrived

The Dispatch 10 Dec 2022
... that it could never be legally sustained.” In 1943, Plecker sent a list of common tribal surnames to officials throughout the state, instructing that people with those names be classified as “Negro.”.
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Nansemond Indian Nation now owns part of their ancestral lands in Virginia

Finger Lakes Times 28 Nov 2022
... that it could never be legally sustained.” In 1943, Plecker sent a list of common tribal surnames to officials throughout the state, instructing that people with those names be classified as “Negro.”.
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For first time in centuries, Nansemond Indian Nation owns portion of Suffolk land where their ...

The Virginian-Pilot 27 Nov 2022
... that it could never be legally sustained.” In 1943, Plecker sent a list of common tribal surnames to officials throughout the state, instructing that people with those names be classified as “Negro.”.
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Resistance was religion to Bishop Richard Allen

The Philadelphia Tribune 09 Nov 2022
Racism was rampant throughout the fledgling United States of America ... At the time, Allen was known as “Negro Richard,” according to Biography.com ... He dropped that “Negro Richard” adopting the surname Allen, and moved to Philadelphia ... ....
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Mary Alice, Tony Winner for Her Role in 'Fences,' Dies at 85

The Scranton Times-Tribune 31 Jul 2022
Dropping the surname “Smith” and moving to New York City in 1967, Alice trained at the Negro Ensemble Company, landing in an advanced acting class taught by Lloyd Richards, artistic director of the ...
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