Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.
More Quotes from Ida B. Wells:
No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders.Ida B. Wells
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
Ida B. Wells
The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.
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The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.
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Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.
Ida B. Wells
The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
Ida B. Wells
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