Lynch Law in America

By Wells, Ida, B.

Book Id: WPLBN0100002658
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.2 MB
Reproduction Date: 01/01/1900

Title:	Lynch Law in America
Author:	Wells, Ida, B.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Law, Lynching
Collections:	Politics, Authors Community
Historic Publication Date:	1900
Publisher:	Arena Publishing Co.

Member Page:	History Is A Weapon .org
Citation APA MLA Chicago B. Well, B. I. (1900). Lynch Law in America. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Source: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, “Lynch Law in America,” The Arena 23 (January 1900), 15-24.

Summary
Beginning in 1892 with the destruction of her newspaper, the Memphis Free Speech, Ida B. Wells for the next forty years was the most prominent opponent of lynching in the United States. What follows is a speech she made to a Chicago audience on the subject in January 1900.