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No we weren't. We had to worry about being lynched or beat up by whites at all times. Furthermore, evidence shows that America was not safe.Oh, but we were. Safe and free. We'd hop on our bikes after breakfast, and wouldn't show up again until supper. Then out again until dark. It was wonderful. And never did my parents utter, "I thought you had been kidnapped, sold to sex traffickers, then raped and your body dumped in a shallow grave"...
Mike Males, “Why the Gigantic, Decades-Long Drop in Black Youth Crime Threatens Major Interests,” The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, August 15, 2013, Why the Gigantic, Decades-Long Drop in Black Youth Crime Threatens Major Interests
Juvenile Delinquency Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency,(85th cong., 2d ~ss.), March 27, 1958, pg. 1, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Juvenile Delinquency Report of the Committee on the Judiciary,| United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, (85th cong., 2d ~ss.), March 27, 1958, pg. 2, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.