Ida B. Wells

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#before #compare #educator #know #must

Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#country #creature #crime #fury #hour

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

#brave #brave men #cannot #defense #even

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. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#fallen #me #more #must #race

The Afro-American is not a bestial race. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#race

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#appeals #been #conscience #effectual #ever

The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#god #his #localities #man #many

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

#america #burning #civilized #confessed #hanging

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#south #thus

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. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#avails #become #character #city #dares