On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
This statement reflects the growing disillusionment among Black people in the South, who increasingly viewed the legal system as a tool of subjugation rather than protection.
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