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
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Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
- Ida B. Wells