Ida B. Wells: "Eight Men Lynched" - Milestone Documents

Ida B. Wells: “Eight Men Lynched”

( 1892 ) Commentary by Steven L. Piott, Clarion University
  • “Nobody in this section of the country believes the old thread-bare lie that Negro men rape white women. If Southern white men are not careful, they will overreach themselves, and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women.” - Paragraph 2
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