Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so. Ray Stannard Baker backloveregret Change image and share on social
The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat farther back in order to make a place for a white man. I have also seen white men requested to leave the Negro section of the car. Ray Stannard Baker atlantabackcar share on social
Every argument on lynching in the South gets back sooner or later to the question of rape. Ray Stannard Baker argumentbacklynch Change image and share on social
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 citizenclasscriminal Change image and share on social
Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored. Ray Stannard Baker blackcountryfuture Change image and share on social
A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will not serve Negroes, even the best of them. Ray Stannard Baker agobostonconfectionary Change image and share on social
But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right. Ray Stannard Baker backbarconsciousness Change image and share on social
