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.

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.

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

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

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.

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

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

Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place. The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West.

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.

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