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Ida B. Wells

journalist, sociologist, suffragist, writer, human rights activist, newspaperperson

1862  – 1931

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wells dedicated her career to combating prejudice and violence, and advocating for African-American equality—especially for women.

All Quotes by 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 mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.”
— Ida B. Wells
“I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.”
— Ida B. Wells
“During the slave regime, the Southern white man owned the Negro body and soul. It was to his interest to dwarf the soul and preserve the body.”
— Ida B. Wells
“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.”
— Ida B. Wells
“The government which had made the Negro a citizen found itself unable to protect him. It gave him the right to vote, but denied him the protection which should have maintained that right.”
— Ida B. Wells
“Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.”
— Ida B. Wells