The Execution of Willie Francis Quotes

“Across the street at the New Orleans headquarters of the Lighthouse for the Blind—a two-story building attached to a four-story stucco lighthouse—another Christmas party was under way, and Wright watched as the sightless guests arrived. Then, before his eyes, a curious scene unfolded. As they were greeted by their hosts, the blind whites were escorted to a large room at the front of the house, whereas the blind Negroes were taken to the rear, where they stayed. Separated. Transfixed, Wright had to look twice before it dawned on him: 'They couldn’t see to segregate themselves”
― Gilbert King, The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South

“the footprint in the canna bed, the condom on the park path, the twitch in the old wound, the baby shoes”
― Gilbert King, The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South