The colored people have been the victims of the crime of lynching, which has in late years somewhat decreased.
Calvin Coolidge: “The colored people have been the victims of the crime of lynching, which has in late years somewhat decreased.”
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Coolidge acknowledges the historical violence faced by African Americans, specifically referencing lynching.
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