Ida B. Wells Professions : Journalist Born : July 16, 1862 Died : March 25, 1931 Browse All Authors Top 43 quotes by Ida B. Wells If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. Ida B. Wells service work time people The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. Ida B. Wells thus south backbone The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities. Ida B. Wells stop man god white Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors