In the back of every Southern white man's head lies a mortal dread that some night, somehow, some crazy black man will lay hands on his wife or daughter, rape her, kill her, or both. For the white man, eternal vigilance over his womenfolk is impractical, impossible. And such crimes as he mortally fears do happen. One happened near Birmingham, Ala. last week.
Three young girls of good Birmingham families were out for an evening motor drive. They were Nell and Augusta Williams, daughters of an attorney, and Jennie Wood, whose father...
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