The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
IDA B. WELLSThe white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
More Ida B. Wells Quotes
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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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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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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.
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The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.
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The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
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A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap.
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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.
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The more the Afro-American yields and cringes and begs, the more he has to do so, the more he is insulted, outraged and lynched.
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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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It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.
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The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the colored girls he can, but it is death to the colored man who yields to the force and advances of a similar attraction in white women.
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I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.
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One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.
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