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Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem

Sutton Griggs (1872 - 1933)

Imperium in Imperio is a historical fiction novel by Sutton Griggs, published in 1899. The novel covers the life of Belton Piedmont, an educated and disciplined black man in the Jim Crow south and his role in a shadow government of black men operated out of a college in Waco, Texas.

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Historical Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	To the Public and Berl Trout's Dying Declaration	Jim Locke	00:04:56
Play 01	A Small Beginning	Jim Locke	00:06:46
Play 02	The School	Jim Locke	00:08:42
Play 03	The Parson's Advice	Jim Locke	00:09:57
Play 04	The Turning of a Worm	Jim Locke	00:15:04
Play 05	Belton Finds a Friend	Jim Locke	00:11:54
Play 06	A Young Rebel	Jim Locke	00:17:13
Play 07	A Sermon, a Sock, and a Fight	Jim Locke	00:20:27
Play 08	Many Mysteries Cleared Up	Jim Locke	00:13:18
Play 09	Love and Politics	Jim Locke	00:18:56
Play 10	Cupid Again at Work	Jim Locke	00:18:07
Play 11	No Befitting Name	Jim Locke	00:16:12
Play 12	On the Dissecting Board	Jim Locke	00:26:14
Play 13	Married and yet not Married	Jim Locke	00:13:06
Play 14	Married and yet not Married (Continued)	Jim Locke	00:10:39
Play 15	Weighty Matters	Jim Locke	00:15:42
Play 16	Unwritten History	Jim Locke	00:15:33
Play 17	Crossing the Rubicon	Jim Locke	00:25:53
Play 18	The Storm's Master	Jim Locke	00:33:44
Play 19	The Parting of Ways	Jim Locke	00:16:04
Play 20	Personal (Berl Trout)	Jim Locke	00:05:17

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