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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if...

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if...

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...

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

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

Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so...

Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so...

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...

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 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 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 Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.

The Afro-American is not a bestial race.

The Afro-American is not a bestial race.

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter...

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter...

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...

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...