Ida B. Wells Quotes

The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.

Ida B. Wells

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• The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.

  

  Ida B. Wells
  • God
  • Man
  • Stop