Anti-war activists told them that the war was not being fought to save the Union, but to free Negro slaves.

VOA : special.2009.10.29

And he says of his own writing, "I had tried to convey something of what it felt like to be a Negro, and no one had been able to listen.

作者自己也这小说里写道：“我曾试着去和身边人,传达那种我想成为黑人的强烈感觉，但没人能听进去。

1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

The Negro who flees the South is really a refugee.

的确，逃到南方的黑人就是一个难民。

1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

The Negro League teams were started in the nineteen twenties to give black people a place to play baseball.

VOA : special.2009.04.05

Virginians wanted Brown punished quickly to show what would happen to anyone who tried to lead a Negro rebellion.

VOA : special.2009.07.02