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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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The 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.
IDA B. WELLS

Against Alike Church Close Concert Country Door Hall Hotel Open People Person Place Raedm Room Servant
I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.
IDA B. WELLS

Emblis Heart Know Lynching Make Mouthpiece Often Only Own Story Told Way
Those who commit the murders write the reports.
IDA B. WELLS

Commit Murder Report Write
The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West.
IDA B. WELLS

Country Dsaapered Emergency Exist Longer Lynch West
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.
IDA B. WELLS

Country Cringe Do Insult Lynch More Outrage To Yield
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

Afternoon Back Big Came Every Friday Home Mile Mothing Mule
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

Against Country Fallen Upon Know More Race Seem Sinned Sinning Somebody
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
IDA B. WELLS

Arm Lynching Nothing Now Numbered Out Without
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

Accuse Become Capital Country Crime Deserve Matter Osment Party Punishment Small Table Turn Women
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.
IDA B. WELLS

Country Extremely Face Felt Follow Goal Patch Responsibility Rough Show World
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

Bound Brave Even Feeble Gagged Gather Individual Make Men Murder Resistance Single Thousand Torture
I shall feel I have done my race a service. Other considerations are of minor importance.
IDA B. WELLS

Consideration Done Feel Importance Minor Race Service Shall
The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
IDA B. WELLS

Appetite Feed Grow One
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.
IDA B. WELLS

Light Right Them Truth Turn Upon Way Wrong
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

Absolute Alleged Country Menace People Suffrage Suppression Universal Vote
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

Against Avail Character City Country Dare Demonstrate Himself Man Neither People Person Protect Rival Stand

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