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    1. but if that reconciliation is tobe marked by the industrial slaveryand civic death of those same blackmen, with permanent legislationinto a position of inferiority, thenthose black men, if they are reallymen, are called upon by every con-sideration of patriotism and loyaltyto oppose such a course by all civ-ilized methods, even though suchopposition involves disagreement with Mr. Booker T. Washington.

      The reconciliation of black men shouldn't involve industrial slavery and civic death, but oppose it through patriotism and loyalty, even if it goes against Booker T. Washington.

    2. Byevery civilized and peaceful method we must strive for the rights whichthe world accords to men, clinging unwaveringly to those great wordswhich the sons of the Fathers would fain forget: “We hold these truthsto be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowedby their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these arelife, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”EBSCOhost - printed on 8/6/2021 2:28 PM via UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG. All use subject to https://www.ebsco.com/terms-of-use

      AA need to peacefully fight for the rights that was given to all men by the founding fathers

    3. National opinion has enabled this last class tomaintain the Negro common schools, and to protect the Negro partiallyin property, life, and limb.

      Public opinion has helped protect black schools and protect AA partially in property, life, and limb. (KP)

    4. hus, by national opinion, the Negroes began to recognizeMr. Washington’s leadership; and the voice of criticism was hushed

      Glad to see Washington was able to change their minds. It takes a lot to change someone's opinion from something they're dead set on believing. I wonder how long he had to convince them. (W)

    5. From birth till death enslaved; in word, in deed,unmanned!Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye notWho would be free themselves must strike the blow?

      (OT) Greece Enslaved by Lord Byron

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    1. There was Sam Carlon, an impudent old skinflint, who had definitenotions about “niggers,” and hired Ben a summer and would not pay him. Then the hungry boygathered his sacks together, and in broad daylight went into Carlon’s corn; and when the hard-fisted farmer set upon him, the angry boy flew at him like a beast. Doc Burke saved a murder anda lynching that day

      (KP) This is how life was back then. Most times, AA don't even get the chance to fight back. Burke saved 2 lives that day

    2. I rode to Nashville in the Jim Crow car.Dubois, W. E. B.. The Souls of Black Folk : The Unabridged Classic, Clydesdale Press, LLC, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/lynchburg/detail.action?docID=5762861.Created from lynchburg on 2021-08-06 18:27:55.Copyright © 2019. Clydesdale Press, LLC. All rights reserved. Ebook pages 48-57 | Printed page 6 of 6

      (KP) This was reality for most people of color back then. I believe the Jim Crow car is a metaphor for the struggles and hardships African Americans had to face back then.