The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.
Ida B. WellsThe white manโs victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
Ida B. WellsThe Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards 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. Other considerations are of minor importance.
Ida B. Wells