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

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.

Spectacle lynching--Burned Alive Waco Texas 1916 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 sixty-nine whites.

Causes Of Lynchings, 1882-1968 Number Percent Homicides 1,937 40.84 Felonious Assault 205 4.32 Rape 912 19.22 Attempted Rape 288 6.07 Robbery and Theft 232 4.89 Insult to White Person 85 1.79 All Other Causes 1,084 22.85 Total 4,743

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