1media/truthtelling-header.gif2019-01-08T16:50:49-08:00The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a23042529"Intemperance is one of the strongest foes to intellectual, material, and moral advancement." -Ida B. Wells, 1891image_header2019-02-14T19:04:46-08:0004-1891The Center for Women's History and Leadership396bd2bebf501b08ca215cf721fbba097eb2e1a2
"Symposium--Temperance"
In 1891, 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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