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The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.


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One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.



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



There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.



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Virtue knows no color line.



Those who commit the murders write the reports.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.



I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.



A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.



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

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



The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.



It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.

It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.





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