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"It seems to me, " said Booker T. , Booker T. and W. E. B. Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du. Bois "That all you folks have missed the boat Who shout about the right to vote, By Dudley Randall And spend vain days and sleepless nights "It seems to me, " said Booker T. , In uproar over civil rights. "It shows a mighty lot of cheek Just keep your mouths shut, do not To study chemistry and Greek grouse, When Mister Charlie needs a hand But work, and save, and buy a house. " To hoe the cotton on his land, And when Miss Ann looks for a cook, "I don't agree, " said W. E. B. Why stick your nose inside a book? " "For what can property avail If dignity and justice fail? "I don't agree, " said W. E. B. Unless you help to make the laws, "If I should have the drive to seek They'll steal your house with trumped-up Knowledge of chemistry or Greek, clause. I'll do it. Charles and Miss can look A rope's as tight, a fire as hot, Another place for hand or cook, No matter how much cash you've got. Some men rejoice in skill of hand, Speak soft, and try your little plan, And some in cultivating land, But as for me, I'll be a man. " But there are others who maintain The right to cultivate the brain. " "It seems to me, " said Booker T. -"I don't agree, “ Said W. E. B.

Strange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Jesse Washington Spectacle lynching-Burned Alive Waco Texas 1916 Souvenir Postcard sold for ten cents. According to the Tuskegee Institute figures, between the years 1882 and 1951, 4, 730 people were lynched in the United States: 3, 437 African-American and 1, 293 white. The largest number of lynchings occurred in 1892. Of the 230 persons lynched that year, 161 were African-American and

Causes Of Lynchings, 1882 -1968 Number Homicides 1, 937 Felonious Assault 205 Rape 912 Attempted Rape 288 Robbery and Theft 232 Insult to White Person 85 All Other Causes 1, 084 Total 4, 743 Percent 40. 84 4. 32 19. 22 6. 07 4. 89 1. 79 22. 85

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