I knew that the stories of the two murders would immediately grab the glands of millions of American white men, prejudicing them in ways they would n… - Carl Rowan

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I knew that the stories of the two murders would immediately grab the glands of millions of American white men, prejudicing them in ways they would never admit publicly. . . . (It) would enliven the insecurities of millions of white male psyches. The old college girl's chant, “Once you go black you never go back!” surely would take on feverish new meaning.