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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The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the...

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the...

The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop...

The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop...

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare...

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare...

I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training...

I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training...

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights...

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights...

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its...

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its...

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a...

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a...

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the...

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the...

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same...

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same...

Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories...

Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories...

There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and...

There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and...

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women...

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women...

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders...

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders...

Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it...

Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it...

Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the...

Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the...

The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and...

The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and...

The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the...

The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the...

The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had...

The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had...

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there...

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there...

The Afro-American is not a bestial race.

The Afro-American is not a bestial race.