The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnece — Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnece — Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnece — Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnece — Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnece — Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnecessary to wait the result of the investigation—that it was preferable to hang the accused first and try him afterward.

— Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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