There have been a few notable instances of Southern Judges who have refused to lend their Courts to this iniquitous business, like Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia, and the late Judge Jones, of Alabama, but such examples are like angels' visits--few and far between in that land of race repression and oppression.
Grimké acknowledges rare instances of Southern judges who resist the oppressive legal practices against Black individuals.
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But ignorance is a breeder of crime just as poverty is.
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