Author: Ida B. Wells

Quotes

The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

- Ida B. Wells

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.

The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.

- Ida B. Wells

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