Reminder Sunday @9pm ET ~ Lynchings, Choke-holds a discussion with Ida B. Wells Grandson Dan Duster! Call in welcomed 347.324.5552 In 1893, excluding Sundays, a Coloured man was lynched every day from January to December. Join The Gist of Freedom as we talk with Dan Duster, the grandson of the Anti-Lynching Crusader, Ida B. Wells! I had bought a pistol the first thing after Tom Moss was lynched, because I expected some cowardly retaliation from the lynchers. I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap…I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit! - Ida never feared the lynch mob, she had faith in God to protect her: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalms 23:4). A threat to her life was not going to stop her from her crusade.The Review of Reviews announced that Wells, “a talented and resolute young lady of colour”, was on a pilgrimage around the British Isles to campaign on the subject of Negro lynching; they also published these Sadistic Statistics, in 1893, excluding Sundays, a Coloured man was lynched every day from January to December.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 22:12:34 +0000
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