The Afro-American is not a bestial race.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.

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

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