"Not all or nearly all of the murders done by white men, during the past thirty years in the South, have come to light, but the statistics as gathered and preserved by white men, and which have not been questioned, show that during these years more than ten thousand Negroes have been killed in cold blood, without the formality of judicial trial and legal execution. As yet, as evidence of the absolute impunity with which …showed first 75 words of 1298 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1298 total…lost lives. I also feel saddened by these acts, and feel sympathy for the families and communities where they took place. But, because the story is being told, our race should be knowledgeable on the subject, and should not let anything so awful happen again. I would still like to see some payment, so white can be vindicated because in my book these actions might be in the past, but they still affect me today.