“Many Southern racists consider white women a form of insulation because of the old tradition that a Negro is supposed to be intimidated by a white woman and will not dare to offend her. White women are taken along on Klan raids so that is anything develops into a fight it will appear that the Negro attacked a woman and the Klansman will of course be her protector.”
– Robert F. Williams, Negroes with Guns (1962)