"Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so."

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"Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so."

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"The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American."

Intelligence

"If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service."

Time

"There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms."

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"No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders."

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"I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon."

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"The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder."

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"The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival."

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"What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party."

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"The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes."

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"In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same."

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