The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled. (Ida B. Wells-Barnett)

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

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

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