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In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro was not only whipped and scourged; he was killed.
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There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.
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The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open to him as a servant.
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One had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.
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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,
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The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.
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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 as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.
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A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home,
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Ida B. Wells
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Born:
July 16, 1862
Died:
March 25, 1931
(aged 68)
Bio:
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
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On Lynchings (1892)
The Memphis diary of Ida B. Wells
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