The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.
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I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.Ida B. Wells
The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.
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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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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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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.
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