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"Symposium--Temperance"
In 1892, Ida B. Wells wrote an article about temperance that appeared in the AME Church Review newspaper. Wells argued that, while black people were probably not any more likely to drink than others, the consequences of drunkenness for people who were already poor and oppressed were even more severe. She called on black educators, journalists, and ministers to draw attention to the dangers of drink for black Americans and thus foster “race progress.”
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1media/truthtelling-header.gif2018-11-09T16:39:27-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Willard and Somerset Respond22"I am sorry that she has made such a statement for I fear it may injure her mission."image_header2019-02-01T20:50:26-08:0006-1894The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
1media/truthtelling-header.gif2018-11-08T20:11:07-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Other Responses21"We want the negro spoken of to his face just as frankly as he is spoken of behind his back."image_header2019-02-01T20:51:12-08:0006-23-1894The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
1media/truthtelling-header.gif2018-11-09T16:40:20-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2The WCTU and Lynching, 189421"A bright young colored woman, whose zeal for her race has...clouded her perception as to who were her friends and well-wishers."image_header2019-02-01T21:23:48-08:0011-1894The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
1media/truthtelling-header.gif2018-11-09T00:06:19-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Ida B. Wells and "Lynch-Law"21"Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning."plain2019-02-13T19:27:04-08:001892The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
1media/truthtelling-header.gif2018-11-09T17:10:09-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2The WCTU and Lynching, 189517"You know, dear friend, of the difficulty in which I have been placed by this most unjust controversy."image_header2019-02-01T22:02:03-08:0007-03-1895The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
1media/truthtelling-header.gif2018-11-09T00:22:45-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2The WCTU and Lynching, 189316"We denounce the lynching, burnings, and torturings of our fellow citizens for real or supposed crimes..."image_header2019-02-13T19:29:20-08:0011-1893The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
1media/truthtelling-header-2.png2018-11-09T17:10:43-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2Postscripts12image_header2019-02-01T22:15:01-08:0011-1895The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
