that started out as a nice spring day back there in waco texas may 15 1916. jesse washington
was a friend of mine he was 17 i was 18. he kind of looked at jesse and called him slow today
you'd call them mentally [ __ ] they claimed jesse
raped and murdered a white woman by the name of lucy fryer he put jessie on trial
and he was convicted by an old white jury after they deliberated for only four minutes
my brothers in christ
nobel prize recipient co-creator of the transistor and a dear
dear friend of mine dr william shockley whose groundbreaking
scientific work ushered in the computer age has proven through his research with eugenics
that each of us here has flowing through our veins the genes of a superior race it's a fact
it's a fact it can't be disputed today we celebrate that truth mass off hood's on
i was working across the street at the shoeshine bowler
and after the verdict
the mom grabbed jesse put a chain around his neck and dragged him out of the courthouse
how do i have to hide that way be careful brother
well all right where i was the shoe ball i had a window up in the attic
and i could see the crowd they marched as he threw the streets
they stabbed him and beat him and finally in a bloody heap they held him down in the street
and cut off his testicles
god
give us true white men
the invisible empire demands strong minds
grey hearts true faith clean and ready hands men who have honor
men who will not lie men who can stand before a demagogue
and damn his treacherous flatteries without blinking god give us real men
courageous men who flinch not at duty men of dependable character men of sterling worth
then wrongs will be redressed and right shall rule the earth god give us true white men
ron stallworth rise step forward the police and the city officials
were out there watching him they cut off his fingers and threw coral oil all over his body
they lit up on fire and raised and lowered over these flames over and over and over again
ron stallworth are you a white non-jewish american citizen yes yes what
yes i am a white non-jewish american citizen are you in favor of a white man's government in this
country yes ron stallworth are you willing to dedicate your life to the protection the
preservation and the advancement of the white race in mind in body and spirit yes be seated
the man a photographer by the name of gildersleeve he came and took pictures of the
whole thing those pictures were later sold as postcards
remove your head they put jesse's charred body
oh
a lot of good white folks have stood there like it was a fourth of july parade
they even let the children out of school or a lunch hour
remove your head and all i could do is to watch and to hope they wouldn't find me
come welcome your brethren baptized by the light
one of the reasons they have done that to jesse was a movie called birth of a nation
come out the year before and it was so powerful they gave the ku klux klan a rebirth
oh
here the president of the united states woodrow wilson showed her at the white house
and he said that it was history written with lightning
the free [ __ ] from the north am so crazy oh look at that little piggy
they're gonna scare them the inspiration
up
one power
that's why we're here today in the name of black power
black power black power black power black power black power black power
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