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I had read of lynchings before and had been deeply stirred.

7 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Long Road (The story of Mary Church Terrell) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:15:07 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm afraid there's nothing the church can do about such a horrible thing, Miss. Nothing we can do, but pray.

- I am sorry, there's nothing we can do but pray. There's solace in prayer.

- The church for Negroes is on the other part of town. However, you have my deepest sympathy.

- What do you expect my church to do? We can only pray. We can pray for their souls.

- I was bitter and confused. I couldn't see why Memphis churches could not fight lawlessness, could not feel it was time to crusade for the living equality of all mankind.

- I had read of lynchings before and had been deeply stirred.

- But when a woman has been closely associated with the victim from childhood, the anguish is indescribable.

- And I decided to make my home elsewhere.

- I've always said... if I had a son instead of a girl, he would be of help in bringing about the kind of justice the world needs. But a woman?

- And why not a woman?

- Most people would think, well, that fighting it's sort of out of place for a woman.

- Then, father, I think hereafter I'll devote my life to being 'out of place,' to convincing most people that only when woman stands with man and demands full rights for all is she really in her place.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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