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    individuals. One of the most violent anti-black ideas supported by Jim Crow Laws was lynching‚ whose horrors were brought into light by political activist‚ Ida B Wells‚ in her 1900 speech in Chicago‚ “Lynch Law in America”. In the speech‚ Wells explains that soon after the Civil War‚ “lynchings began...rapidly spreading into...various States until...the reign of the ‘unwritten law’ was supreme‚” (4). In other words‚ whites‚ shielded by state legislators‚ had the right to kill blacks for even minute (often

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    Capitalism in that it nearly exclusively was targeted towards one group: black males who were a threatening rising class having gained freedom and as well by acquiring value in property. Lynching was a defense to an established White Male status quo. Ida B. Wells and her writings address these issues as an African American watching this occur. Wells calls it needless bloodshed‚ meant to both repress her people from rising‚ and to preserve White ego and self image; an image that was threatening to

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    In post-reconstruction America‚ many Black writers‚ ministers‚ teachers and others eloquently argued on behalf of freedom and justice for Black Americans‚ advocating various strategies for achieving racial and economic equality. Two such leaders who helped shape the political discourse were Ida B. Wells and Booker T. Washington. Urging politically divergent approaches‚ they both wanted African American people and men in particular‚ to be valued and respected by the white south. However‚ they differed

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    Ida B Wells was born on July 16th 1962 in Holly Springs‚ Mississippi. Ida’s parents were slaves‚ so Ida was born a slave. When Ida was only 6 months old her and her family were declared free because of the Emancipation Proclamation. Both of her parents were active in the Republican Party. Ida’s father James helped start Shaw university‚ which was a school for newly freed slaves. It was at Shaw University that Ida received her early schooling‚ however she had to drop out at the young age of 16 when

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    Thaily Alvarez Ms. Bachmann 11th IB English 18 April 2014 Ida B. Wells Fight For Racial Equality Henry David Thoreau‚ in his essay‚ civil disobedience‚ argues that when a person is not in comfort with the government‚ then we have a right as humans to act against its injustice. Thoreau supports his argument by first stating that unjust laws exist and that we shall endeavor to amend them instead of being content to obey them. His purpose is to inform the reader about the way they are being mistreated

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    Robinson‚ Harriet Tubman‚ and Ida B. Wells‚ that did something that was life changing to our country. Although‚ Jackie Robinson ‚Harriet Tubman‚ and Ida B. Wells had many different experiences‚ when the time came‚ they all acted very heroically. Therefore‚ Jackie Robinson acted heroically when being the first African-American Major League Baseball player‚ Jackie Robinson was significant in the increased racial diversity that followed in baseball and in other aspects of American culture. He

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    Ida B Character Analysis

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    Ida B is a different kind of child. She lives with her mother and father on a apple orchard. Ida lives simple. She is homeschooled due to an unpleasant first school experience and she loves life exactly the way it is. She often times goes out to the apple orchard to talk to the tree‚ who she has all given names. She converses with the brook and seeks advice from a wise old tree on the mountain. However‚ Ida B’s world gets turned upside down when her mother falls ill with cancer. Her mother and father

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    Chapter Summary: Ida B

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    Mrs. Craft 4th period “Ida B.” Chapter Summary 1-5 In the first chapter‚ Ida B and her parents are in the kitchen talking and washing dishes. Her parents are moving too slow‚ she wants to go outside and play. She told her Dad‚ “There is never enough time for fun.” After a few more dishes‚ she was allowed to go outside. She grabbed some paper and a pencil to draw some things. Ida B decided to write to Canada‚ or so she thought. Ida B is always making up stories. She

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    their concerns about racism and plans to uplift their race. Ida B. Wells‚ Booker T. Washington‚ and W.E.B. DuBois were three speakers that caught many people attention. In an excerpt from Southern HorrorsWells strongly states how feeling about lynching. She believed that lynching gave the “white man” the opportunity to kill the “black man” any time he feels the need. “Over the course of two years‚ 728 African Americans were lynched” (Wells). A wrongfully accused black man was lynch because the white

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    Lana Cox History 121 Professor Adejumobi November 7‚ 2008 Critical Book Review THEY SAY: IDA B. WELLS AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF RACE By James West Davidson Ida B. Wells‚ an African-American woman‚ and feminist‚ shaped the image of empowerment and citizenship during post-reconstruction times. The essays‚ books‚ and newspaper articles she wrote‚ instigated the dialogue of race struggles between whites and blacks‚ while her personal narratives‚ including two diaries‚ a travel journal‚ and an

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