The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
Ida B. Wells

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

The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
Ida B. Wells

There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
Ida B. Wells

Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place. The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West.
Ida B. Wells

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
Ida B. Wells