The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.
Ida B. WellsThe South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
Ida B. WellsThe 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