"If it is necessary every Negro in the state will be lynched; it will be done to maintain white supremacy."
— Lynching

January 1, 1970

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Mississippi Governor James Vardaman (early 1900s), as quoted in Public Broadcasting Service (September 2008). "People & Events: James K. Vardaman". American Experience. Corporation for Public Broadcasting.