“The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnecessary to wait the result of the investigation—that it was preferable to hang the accused first and try him afterward.” — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“There can be no possible belief that these people were inspired by any consuming zeal to vindicate God’s law against miscegenationists of the most… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“(Lynched for Wife Beating) In nearly all communities wife beating is punishable with a fine, and in no community is it made a felony. Dave Jackson, of Abita, La., was a colored man who had beaten his wife. He had not killed her, nor seriously wounded her, but as Louisiana lynchers had not filled out their quota of crimes, his… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share
“LYNCHED BECAUSE THE JURY ACQUITTED HIM The entire system of the judiciary of this country is in the hands of white people. To this add the fact of the inherent prejudice against colored people, and it will be clearly seen that a white jury is certain to find a Negro prisoner guilty if there is the least evidence to warrant… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share
“The next morning the newspapers carried the news that while our meeting was being held there had been staged in Paris, Texas, one of the most awful lynchings and burnings this country has ever witnessed. A Negro had been charged with ravishing and murdering a five-year-old girl. He had been arrested and imprisoned while preparations were made to burn him… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share
“If Southern white men are not careful, they will overreach themselves and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“ASKING WHITE WOMAN TO MARRY HIM May 23, William Brooks, Galesline, Ark.” — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“The matter came up for judicial investigation, but as might have been expected, the white people concluded it was unnecessary to wait the result… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“South Carolina had thirteen lynchings last year, ten were charged with assault on white women, one with horse stealing and two with being impudent… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“I also found that what the white man of the South practiced for himself, he assumed to be unthinkable in white women. They could… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“Not only is it true that many of the alleged cases of rape against the Negro, are like the foregoing, but the same crime… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“LYNCHED FOR NO OFFENSE Perhaps the most characteristic feature of this record of lynch law for the year 1893, is the remarkable fact that… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
“Haiti as an independent republic accepted the invitation extended to her along with other nations, and erected a building on the World's Fair grounds.… — Ida B. Wells-Barnett Copy Share Image
