2 Quotes & Sayings By Thaddeus Mason Harris
Thaddeus Mason Harris (July 3, 1891 – March 26, 1918) was an American army private and poet during World War I. Harris was born, raised and educated in rural Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1913 with a degree in history and political science. He worked as a newspaper editor and wrote for musical publications such as Vaudeville News and Broadway to Paris. As a staff member of the Associated Negro Press (ANP) he traveled to Mexico where he wrote about his experiences for ANP and later published them as The Black Man's Burden
He was also one of the first to write about the lynchings of blacks by white mobs in the South.