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Article: Tired Of Hearing Black Man Did It
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- Atlanta Inquirer
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- March 18, 1995
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Hal Lamar
Atlanta Inquirer
03-18-1995
Tired Of Hearing Black Man Did It.
Last year when that young white South Carolina mother reported that her automobile had been carjacked and her two young children taken by a young Black man, residents of the little town where she lived and a nationwide television viewing audience of all races were moved by her plea for the safe return of her children and initially had no doubts about her account of what happened.
Given a description of the alleged perpetrator, angry residents were ready to spring into action, to search for a young Black man who matched the description given by the apparently distraught and desperate young mother. It was indeed fortunate ...