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Example sentences for "colored people"

  • Practical Utility of Colored People of the Present Day as Members of Society--Business Men and Mechanics 113 Chapter XI.

  • During the last years of the slavery period, they lived in the neighborhood of Doaksville, and there enjoyed the occasional privilege of attending Sabbath afternoon meetings for the colored people, in the Choctaw Presbyterian church.

  • You are curtailing the rights, not only of colored people, but of white men as well.

  • The nurse belonged to the younger generation of colored people.

  • It being the first pronouncement from the colored people of the State, who were supposed to be content with their status, the announcement caused much comment and discussion among the dominant class.

  • The disabilities of colored people, loyal and long-suffering, should be removed before the disabilities of former Rebels; or at least the two removals should go hand in hand.

  • He consulted with a prudent and benevolent neighbor, who told him that a Quaker by the name of John Stapler, in Buck's County, was a good friend to colored people, and the fugitive had better be sent to him.

  • Under these circumstances, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society was frequently called upon to protect the rights of colored people.

  • Mutual Confidence between him and the Colored People.

  • Tales of Oppression and Anecdotes of Colored People.

  • She remembered joining the "white folks" methodist church in old Cambridge and going to church on Sundays and sitting in the Gallery, which was the place reserved for colored people in that particular place.

  • De conditions now of de colored people is of course better now 'cause dey is somebody.

  • Slavery might a done de other fellow some good but I don't think it ever done de colored people no good.

  • If de colored people don't pick up and see about business dey is going to be behind.

  • Indeed, this long care of our churches and schools is awakening many new movements among the colored people of the South.

  • In the two States there are a million and a quarter of colored people.

  • Here the saloons, barbershops, restaurants and vaudeville shows are run by colored people, also the clubs and dance houses.

  • I wrote articles and sent them to different newspapers edited by colored people, in the east and other places.

  • Yet, this article caused thousands of colored people, who never before bought a magazine or book, to subscribe for that magazine.

  • Many more settlers had some and Tipp county was filling up, but still no colored people.

  • Negro Education: A study of the private and higher schools for colored people in the United States.

  • Footnote 33: Barber's Report on Colored People in Ohio.

  • A record of the darker races published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

  • Footnote 41: Censuses of the United States; and Clark, Present Condition of Colored People.

  • Yes, mam, dey was glad to have a heap of colored people bout dem cause white folks couldn' work den no more den dey can work dese days like de colored people can.

  • White folks used to give de colored people task to spin en I mean she could do dat spinnin.

  • You know, white folks in dem days, dey made de colored people do.

  • Colored people didn' have no schools nowhe' in dat day en time.

  • No person of color had ever applied to her for lessons; and while a woman of that race had played the piano for her for several months, she had never thought of colored people as possible pupils.

  • She gave strict orders that no colored people should be admitted to the house.

  • Personally she had no such prejudice, except perhaps a little shrinking at the thought of personal contact with the dark faces of whom Americans always think when "colored people" are spoken of.

  • In Mississippi, General Thomas calls attention to the legislation in regard to colored people.

  • Union men do not question this reasoning, but if it is urged as an objection to the plan of Congress, we reply: There are now within the limits of the United States about five millions of colored people.

  • Shillady, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Fred R.

  • Bailey, President of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; W.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "colored people" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    certain distances; colored children; colored citizens; colored eyes; colored flowers; colored glass; colored hair; colored lights; colored marble; colored paper; colored people; colored population; colored ribbons; colored satin; colored silk; colored woman; colored women; demoniacal possession; human action; passed upon; sell them; shall immediately; shaped like; small letters; three teaspoonfuls; young lion