He is for the African cause and reckons Africa shall regain its rightful place in world affairs soon. By 1900, 20,000 Blacks owned businesses in the U.S. despite hurdles put in the way. Such business owners became anchors of black communities in the north and south including Memphis, Tennessee. Wells will note that the lynching of Morse “exposed me to lynching. Wells launched a national investigation which found that lynching was typically motivated by white resentment of Black economic competition.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 18:22 UTC