#Quote

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. - Ida B. Wells

Facebook
Twitter
More Quotes
The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities. - Ida B. Wells
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. - Ida B. Wells
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 moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. - Ida B. Wells
For your own good, for the good of your family and your future, grow a backbone. When something is wrong, stand up and say it is wrong, and don't back down. ― Dave Ramsey
The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. - Ida B. Wells
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
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. - Ida B. Wells
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 demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. - Ida B. Wells
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. - Ida B. Wells
The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense. - Ida B. Wells