Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place.
IDA B. WELLSThe doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open to him as a servant.
More Ida B. Wells Quotes
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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.
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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.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.
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The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards 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,
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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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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.
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I shall feel I have done my race a service. Other considerations are of minor importance.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Virtue knows no color line.
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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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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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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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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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