--- title: "6 Afros Quotes By Ida B. Wells" description: "6 Afros quotes by Ida B. Wells. Plus more from Ida B. Wells and more Afros sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/ida-b-wells-16137_afros_the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race_349336.jpg" --- > [The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race-if-this-work-can-contribute/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/ida-b-wells-16137_afros_the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race_349336.jpg) > [Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/somebody-must-show-that-the-afro-american-race-is-more-sinned-against/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/ida-b-wells-16137_afros_somebody-must-show-that-the-afro-america_1242160.jpg) > [The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-south-resented-giving-the-afro-american-his-freedom-the-ballot/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/ida-b-wells-16137_afros_the-south-resented-giving-the-afro-ameri_1360203.jpg) > [The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-only-times-an-afro-american-who-was-assaulted-got-away-has-been/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/ida-b-wells-16137_afros_the-only-times-an-afro-american-who-was_2222121.jpg) > [The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-lesson-this-teaches-and-which-every-afro-american-should-ponder/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/ida-b-wells-16137_afros_the-lesson-this-teaches-and-which-every_2438447.jpg) > [The Afro-American is not a bestial race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/ida-b-wells-16137_afro_the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race_2772393.jpg) ## Other authors on Afros ## More by Ida B. Wells > [The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-nineteenth-century-lynching-mob-cuts-off-ears-toes-and-fingers/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-white-man-s-victory-soon-became-complete-by-fraud-violence/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [Lynching is color line murder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/lynching-is-color-line-murder/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/although-lynchings-have-steadily-increased-in-number-and-barbarity/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/in-slave-times-the-negro-was-kept-subservient-and-submissive-by-the/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/there-is-nothing-we-can-do-about-the-lynching-now-as-we-are-out/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-appeal-to-the-white-man-s-pocket-has-ever-been-more-effectual/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-people-must-know-before-they-can-act-and-there-is-no-educator-to/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race-if-this-work-can-contribute/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/i-had-an-instinctive-feeling-that-the-people-who-have-little-or-no/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/thus-lynch-law-held-sway-in-the-far-west-until-civilization-spread/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [Virtue knows no color line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/virtue-knows-no-color-line/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-doors-of-churches-hotels-concert-halls-and-reading-rooms-are/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-alleged-menace-of-universal-suffrage-having-been-avoided-by-the/) [Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/) > [I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/i-am-only-a-mouthpiece-through-which-to-tell-the-story-of-lynching/) [Ida B. 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