Diagne

"It's only when I came to France that I had a sense how compartmentalized a society could be," says Diagne over a drink at the Levys '.

A Town Divided 2007

A day ahead of his arrest, Diagne was quizzed by police and a public prosecutor about two articles published in his paper.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

Diagne accepted the post for two reasons: He knew that of the exploiting white powers in Africa, France showed the least color prejudice; and he felt that if the blacks came to the rescue of France it would make her more liberal.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Today Blaise Diagne is a national hero in Senegal, West Africa.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

This writer met and talked with Diagne several times in his home, in his office on Rue Oudinot, and in the Chamber of Deputies.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

When Marcus Garvey, Back-to-Africa leader, questioned him in this connection, Diagne answered, We French natives wish to remain French since France has given us liberty and since she has unreservedly accepted us upon the basis of her own European children….

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Diagne himself was often with them in the front lines, braving enemy fire to look after them.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Blaise Diagne was born on the island of Goree in 1873.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Diagne was not without his critics, some of whom were sincere and others motivated by jealousy.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Among the many books that deal, at least in part, with the life of Blaise Diagne, I call your attention to the following: Pan-Africanism or Communism by George Padmore 1957, pp.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947