Somebody Must Show That The Afro-American Race Is More Sinned Against Than Sinning, And It Seems To Have Fallen Upon Me To Do So. - SearchQuotes

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Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.

Ida B Wells

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