The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.Ida B. Wells
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
Ida B. Wells
The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
Ida B. Wells
The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
Ida B. Wells
The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.
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If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service.
Ida B. Wells
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