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The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury.
— Ray Stannard Baker
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The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no accommodations, or he is overlooked and otherwise slighted, so that he does not come again.
— Ray Stannard Baker
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One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in street cars and railroad trains.
— Ray Stannard Baker
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And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.
— Ray Stannard Baker
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A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.
— Ray Stannard Baker
Tags: everything, who, heart, life
A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
— Ray Stannard Baker
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