Bennett Bean, of the University of Virginia, for supplying reprints of certain articles written by him and now out of print, which were indispensable despite the extent of my disagreement with certain of Professor Bean's conclusions; the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and its secretary, Dr. Henry Allen Moe, through whose generous grant of a fellowship I was enabled to make this study; the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for leave of absence and other aid in accepting that fellowship; Dr. Will W. Alexander for information concerning the Interracial Commission and the movements towards liberalism in the South; and many others, as well, who have aided, including some in the South who have supplied information, but whose names it would be unwise to publish. I wish likewise to acknowledge my gratitude to many lynchers with whom I have talked and who have expressed themselves freely, unaware of my racial identity.
Finally, I wish to extend to my wife my thanks for aid in the selection and arrangement of material and
