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Teddy Roosevelt: “Surely all public men, all writers for the daily press, all clergymen, all teachers, all who in any way have a right to…”

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Surely all public men, all writers for the daily press, all clergymen, all teachers, all who in any way have a right to address the public, should with every energy unite to denounce such crimes and to support those engaged in putting them down.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls on public figures to unite against lynching and support efforts to combat it.

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