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The South hides lynching behind the screen of defending the honor of its women
Drawn from what Ida B. Wells said
SubjectAmerica
What Ida B. Wells actually said
- Ida B. Wells American journalist and civil rights leader (1862 to 1931)
To palliate this record (which grows worse as the Afro-American becomes intelligent) and excuse some of the most heinous crimes that ever stained the history of a country, the South is shielding itself behind the plausible screen of defending the honor of its women.
Where this was said
↗Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1892)gutenberg.org
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