the Scottsboro Boys--a group of nine Blacks--were tried for rape in Alabama under conditions which prevented a fair trial, the poet Countree Cullen was listening for the voices of protest, for the calls for justice, but he heard no such cries and wondered why. Let it not be said of us that when the blood of protesters in Libya flowed into the sand, no cries were heard.
from René Wadlow: Peace and Collaborative Development Network: Appeal for Libya
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