Who? I sure didn’t recall hearing about Ida B. Wells – in history class or anywhere else – until I saw Dinesh D’Souza’s latest documentary: “Hillary’s America.”
We know that when the Left isn’t flat out rewriting history they’re very selective about what they choose to mention from America’s past. Everything must be be forced through their racist-sexist-bigot-homophobe sausage-maker to churn out their progressive tripe. All the good stuff gets chucked out. Ida B. Wells doesn’t usually make the cut; she was a Republican (oh, and a Christian too).
“Hillary’s America” spends a good deal of time telling the real history of our political parties and who the real racists were. The truth is, the Republican party was founded in 1854 – to oppose slavery. And Ida B. Wells, born into slavery, later a teacher, journalist and fearless civil rights advocate was a member of that party ~
Editor and partial owner of her own newspaper, she published articles on topics considered controversial at the time. One of her main causes was fighting the practice of lynching, which she regarded as a horrific form of racial prejudice that no decent human being could ignore or justify.
For years, the vicious practice of lynching had been widely used — especially in the South after the Civil War — as a means of punishing alleged criminals, although two-thirds of the victims were African American. The word “lynching” dates back to the late 1700s, when a frontier judge named Charles Lynch became known for dispensing with jury trials in favor of speedy hangings. These came to be known as “lynchings,” and they later evolved into acts of mob violence in which someone was put to death, usually by hanging.
Wells waged her war against it in the press as well as on the podium, earning a reputation for fearlessness and determination despite numerous efforts to intimidate her, including death threats.
The unique parallel with Rosa Parks’ life is an event that occurred in 1884 while Wells was traveling to classes at Fisk University in Nashville. She had purchased a first-class ticket, but when she boarded the train…
… the conductor told her to move back to the smoking car. Wells refused and bit him when he tried to force her from her seat. With the assistance of the baggageman, the conductor then ushered her out of the car to the cheers of many passengers. At the next stop, Wells got off the train and made the return trip to Memphis, where she filed suit against the railway company.
Read the rest of this amazing woman’s bio HERE. She puts Hillary Clinton to shame. And while Rosa Parks was just tired, Ida B. Wells was tireless; a courageous advocate for free speech, civil rights, gun rights – and especially the Truth.
Everyone should see “Hillary’s America.” Not just to learn about the Democrat’s presidential candidate twisted worldview, but to discover the ugly truth about the party itself.
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Related:
Democrats’ Racist Roots
