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.
Virtue knows no color line. - Ida B. Wells
Virtue knows no color line.
- Ida B. Wells
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. - Ida B. Wells
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. - Ida B. Wells
The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly… - Ida B. Wells
I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly…
Those who commit the murders write the reports. - Ida B. Wells
Those who commit the murders write the reports.
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. - Ida B. Wells
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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; i… - 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 by heart. I do not have to embellish; i…
There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it. - Ida B. Wells
There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.
The appetite grows for what it feeds on. - Ida B. Wells
The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
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