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Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells
American Activist
Born: Jul 16, 1862
Died: Mar 25, 1931
Country Law Man People White Women
Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience. Ida B. Wells
Man Made White Pocket More Been His Effectual Than Appeal Appeals Ever Conscience
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. Ida B. Wells
People Before Press Must Know Educator Act Compare
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. Ida B. Wells
Me Somebody Must Seems More Fallen Sinned Sinning Than Against Race Show
Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense. Ida B. Wells
Men Single Defense Thousands Torture Individual He Feeble Bound Make Single Individual Brave Brave Men Cannot Even Resistance Gather
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
Work Service Time Justice People Law Citizen Every Way Punishment Lawless Shall Feel Toward Demand Arouse Proving Contribute American Same Any Done Same Time Race American People Conscience
The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. Ida B. Wells
Backbone Thus South
The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense. Ida B. Wells
Gun Self-Defense Has-Been Only Had He Got Been Times Used Who Assaulted Away
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. Ida B. Wells
Intelligence Increasing Spirit Mob Grown
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. Ida B. Wells
Women Crime Men White Crimes More Through His Than Commission Against Race Far Suffered Ever
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms. Ida B. Wells
Nothing About Arms Without Now
Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. Ida B. Wells
Country Single Increased Has-Been Moral Steadily Put Forces Although Been Years Effort Stop Forth Many Twenty Wholesale Slaughter Last Number Philanthropic
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
Vote Satisfied Negroes Menace Spirit Alleged Having Absolute Suppression Been Mob Should Avoided Suffrage Universal Universal Suffrage
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
Home Cooking School Sunday Country Big Every Back Spent Sunday Afternoon Came Friday Ironing Six Children Afternoon Miles Mule Washing Riding Saturday
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
Savage Women Nation States Alleged Only Civilized Protect Offenders America Shooting Hanging Burning Inability United United States United States Of America Save
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. Ida B. Wells
Death Women Judge Political Men Men And Women Kinds Fact Put Longer Excuse Although Without Women Are Same Jury Human Just In Fact Human Beings Beings Wholesale Necessary
Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place. The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West. Ida B. Wells
Law Took Emergency Civilization Disappeared Thus Longer Until Territories Spread West Existing Gradually Orderly Place Processes Sway Far Held
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. Ida B. Wells
Freedom Rights Law Giving Civil Civil Rights Box Ballot Ballot Box His South
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
Government Law Degree Own Law And Order South Very Order Realized Inhabitants Foundation
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. Ida B. Wells
Character Man Become White Dares Neither City Memphis Rival He Protect Himself His Nor Against Avail Standing
What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party. Ida B. Wells
Woman Matter Crime Party Punishment Tables Small Becomes Accusing Capital Turned Capital Punishment Moment Deserving
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. Ida B. Wells
People Training Simple School Problems Feeling Our Way Our People Something Weekly Had Instinctive Wrote Concerned Dealt Coming Which Little Plain Should Who Helpful Homes Things

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