The black race is not a race of criminals.... Whenever crimes are committed by Negroes, especially crimes of a glaring nature, a sense of shame, of regret is felt by the better elements of the race; not only because of the crime itself, but also because of its tendency to discredit the race, and to increase the already unfavorable impression which so many have of it.


Lynching: Its Causes: The Crimes of the Negro. Sermon (June 18, 1899)

Francis J. Grimké Quotes

The black race is not a race of criminals.... Whenever crimes are committed by Negroes, especially crimes of a glaring nature, a sense of shame, of...

The black race is not a race of criminals.... Whenever crimes are committed by Negroes, especially crimes of a glaring nature, a sense of shame, of...

The black race is not a race of criminals.... Whenever crimes are committed by Negroes, especially crimes of a glaring nature, a sense of shame, of...

The black race is not a race of criminals.... Whenever crimes are committed by Negroes, especially crimes of a glaring nature, a sense of shame, of...