Archibald Henry Grimké: “They get always the best accommodations for themselves and families…”

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They get always the best accommodations for themselves and families, while he gets the worst.

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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké highlights the consistent inferior treatment of African Americans in accommodations compared to white travelers.

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It is a gangrene preying upon our vitals--an earthquake rumbling under our feet--a mine accumulating material for a national catastrophe.

I have always supposed that its spirit was directly opposed to everything in the shape of fraud and oppression.

It would reappear as Negro serfdom unless placed in the way of utter extinction.

It is true many a cheek burns with shame in view of our national inconsistency, and many a heart bleeds for the miserable African.

Archibald Henry Grimké: “They get always the best accommodations for themselves and families, while he gets the worst.”