The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. - Ida B. Wells 1 Share Now -
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. - Ida B. Wells 2 Share Now -
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. - Ida B. Wells 3 Share Now -
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 4 Share Now -
No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders. - Ida B. Wells 5 Share Now -
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. - Ida B. Wells 6 Share Now -
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. - Ida B. Wells 7 Share Now -
The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled. - Ida B. Wells 8 Share Now -
