Fellow African-Americans and Friends.
We are gathered here on this earth as one. A crucial element in today's society is in the struggle of African-Americans for equal treatment under the law. In fact, a well-known fighter for the rights of all human beings is Ms. Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Your presence here today expresses your concern and shows that you are ready to come together to make a difference from this day forward. I appreciate your being here today in making a difference in the way you and your fellow African-Americans are exploited. It needs to be known that we are all human. Ida B. Wells- Bernett spoke against any injustice of any kind. Her main concern was to stop the lynching of Black Americans.
While in Memphis, Tennessee she began to fight for racial and gender justice. One day in the year 1884 she was asked by the train conductor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company to give up her seat on the train to a white man and was ordered to go and sit in the smoking or "Jim Crow" car. The "Jim Crow" car was already crowded with other passengers. Despite the Civil Rights Act banning discrimination on the basis of race, creed, or color, in theaters, hotels, transportation, and other public places, the Railroad Company forcefully removed her from the train and the other passengers-all white- applauded. Wells was not going to let them get away with that. When Wells returned to Memphis, she immediately hired an attorney to sue the railroad. Her suit against the Railroad Company not only helped to start her career as a journalist, but also motivated her in her fight for justice.
Federal troops that helped to enforce Reconstruction in the South had been removed for close to ten years. During those ten years, former slave owners were out to regain control of most of the local and state governments in the South. The first thing they have to do is restore the status of white people.
Ida B. Wells is one of the most important African American of all times. Her struggles to put a stop to lynching were very significant. Her strategies for combating lynching were to use reverse psychology on the white newspaper reporters and the white community. In doing so, she often quoted the whi...
(Outline) Ida B. Wells: A Crusader for America Introduction- Ida was an active crusader against lynching and a champion of social and political justice for African Americans. She was not a famous crusader for the cause but she did more than many know. I. Background A. Birth date and family ...
Ida B. Wells, Booker T. ... Ida B. Wells was very concerned with the cruelty that African Americans were being subjected to. ... At this time all blacks were concerned with the occurrence of lynchings that were occurring almost daily, but it was Ida B. ...
In "The Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. ... " Ida B. Wells was the editor of the Memphis Free Press newspaper; Wells is very upset about the lynching in 1892 of eight black men. ... In this excerpt Ida B. ... Ida B. ...
SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better d...
Ida Lupino's body of work explores a realistic scope of human emotion both in the lives of men and women. ... Feminist critics can easily have ignored Ida Lupino's films because while controversial, they are not conducive to feminist modes of representation. Ida Lupino first came into Hollywood at age fifteen as an actress but did not have much success outside of acting in "B- pictures. ... Although she shows relief knowing that he will stay with and love her as well as support her financially, it is quite obvious that she would have been strong enough to try to support the chil...
According to Ida B. Wells "In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging" which means that post-civil war white men tried to keep the free Negro the same way. ... It gave him the right to vote, but denied him the protection which should have maintained that right" explains Ida Wells. ... Life in today's south is dramatically different from the days of Ida B. Wells and Alexander L. ...
