Best Ida B. Wells Quotes
- The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd. Among
- 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… Bound
- 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. Afro
- The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience. All
- 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… Accusing
- 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… Barbarity
- 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… Absolute
- Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place. The… Civilization
- If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a… American
- The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. Afro
- The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities. Dollar