Speech on Lynch Law in America, Given by Ida B. Wells in …
Our country’s national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.
Wells, "Lynch Law...," Speech Text - Voices of Democracy
ida b. wells, “lynch law in all its phases” (13 february 1893) [1] I am before the American people to-day through no inclination of my own, but because of a deep-seated conviction that the country at large does not know the extent to which lynch law prevails in parts of the Republic, nor the conditions which force into exile those who speak ...
(1909) Ida B. Wells, “Lynching, Our National Crime” - Blackpast
Sep 22, 2008 · The following speech was delivered by Wells at the National Negro Conference, the forerunner to the NAACP, in New York City on May 31-June 1, 1909. The lynching record for a quarter of a century merits the thoughtful study of the American people.
Lynching Our National Crime - June 1, 1909 - Archives of Women's ...
Mar 9, 2017 · Twenty-eight human beings burned at the stake, one of them a woman and two of them children, is the awful indictment against American civilization—the grewsome tribute which the nation pays to the color line. Why is mob murder permitted by a Christian nation? What is the cause of this awful slaughter?
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its Phases - Oct. 5, 1892
Sep 21, 2020 · Wells first published a version this speech on June 25, 1892, in the New York Age. She delivered this speech at Lyric Hall in New York City on October 5, 1892, and published the speech as a pamphlet on Oct. 26, 1892.
Editor’s Note: Ida B. Wells was a leading figure in the anti-lynching campaign in the United States beginning in the 1890s. Wells later became a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The following speech was delivered by Wells at the National Negro Conference in New York City in 1909.
Ida B. Wells’ Brave Speech on Lynching During Suffrage Movement
Feb 12, 2020 · On Feb. 13, 1893, Wells delivered a scathing rebuke of lynching in front of a mostly white and angry audience at Boston’s Tremont Temple. Here’s part of her speech, including the opening:
Ida B. Wells, "Lynch Law in All Its Phases," Teaching-Learning ...
View the 53-minute William Greaves video Ida B. Wells: A Passion For Justice, available in most university and public libraries. The video, narrated by historian Paula Giddings, includes author Toni Morrison reading passages from Wells’s work and dramatized scenes from the period.
Famous Speeches: Ida B. Wells, “Lynching, Our National Crime" …
Feb 11, 2020 · In 1909, anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells made the case for federal action to prevent these brutal murders.
Lynch Law in All its Phases, 1892 Speech by Ida B. Wells (excerpt)
Mar 3, 2023 · Ida B Wells’ 1892 lynch law speech—an introduction. Born into slavery, journalist Ida B. Wells grew up in the South and intended to stay there, believing that with rising wealth and education, thrift, and economy — the doctrine of self-help — Blacks would be accepted into the wider American culture.