Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place.
IDA B. WELLSThe 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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Lynching is color line murder.
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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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The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
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The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.
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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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Our country’s national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.
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The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West.
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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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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
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I shall feel I have done my race a service. Other considerations are of minor importance.
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The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
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The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.
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I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap.
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The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
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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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