Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem


Read by Jim Locke

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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. (5 hr 23 min)

Chapters

To the Public and Berl Trout's Dying Declaration 4:56 Read by Jim Locke
A Small Beginning 6:46 Read by Jim Locke
The School 8:42 Read by Jim Locke
The Parson's Advice 9:57 Read by Jim Locke
The Turning of a Worm 15:04 Read by Jim Locke
Belton Finds a Friend 11:54 Read by Jim Locke
A Young Rebel 17:13 Read by Jim Locke
A Sermon, a Sock, and a Fight 20:27 Read by Jim Locke
Many Mysteries Cleared Up 13:18 Read by Jim Locke
Love and Politics 18:56 Read by Jim Locke
Cupid Again at Work 18:07 Read by Jim Locke
No Befitting Name 16:12 Read by Jim Locke
On the Dissecting Board 26:14 Read by Jim Locke
Married and yet not Married 13:06 Read by Jim Locke
Married and yet not Married (Continued) 10:39 Read by Jim Locke
Weighty Matters 15:42 Read by Jim Locke
Unwritten History 15:33 Read by Jim Locke
Crossing the Rubicon 25:53 Read by Jim Locke
The Storm's Master 33:44 Read by Jim Locke
The Parting of Ways 16:04 Read by Jim Locke
Personal (Berl Trout) 5:17 Read by Jim Locke