How Enfranchisement Stops Lynchings Summary

“How Enfranchisement Stops Lynchings” by Ida B. Wells is an Investigative Article that aims to encourage individuals to protect the constitutional rights of black people. The Black Panther Party's “10-Point Program” is a list of demands aimed to highlight the criminal injustices and disparities black Americans face from the government, and to call other minorities to defend their rights. While “How Enfranchisement Stops Lynchings” uses Logos to state facts to support her argument and urge for government action. The Black Panther Parties' “10-Point Program” uses the authorial choice of historical reference to highlight the hypocrisy of the American Government. Both texts aim to promote racial justice and equity to influence their audience to

Wells uses logos to state the horrific facts regarding lynchings from 1882-1893 in her effort to get organizations to protect the constitutional rights of Black People. Wells writes “that less than one-fourth of the persons hanged, shot and burned by white Christians were even accused of the usual crime--that of assaulting white women.”(Wells 5). The usage of Logos supports the author's purpose because the author uses facts to support her argument and urge for government action. The misrepresented lynching statistics are used by the author to demonstrate that the victims of the lynch mobs were largely innocent; only one-third of lynching victims were convicted of rape. Thus the government's unwillingness to protect them under the law and constitution makes them

The Declaration of Independence states, “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that when any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government…” (Declaration of Independence/ 10-Point Program). The authorial choice of historical references supports the main idea of this manifesto because it highlights the American government’s hypocrisy in acting against its founding principles when they commit these injustices against black people. Additionally, they reference that it is the people’s right to take action if the government becomes destructive of these rights according to the declaration of independence. Ultimately the Black Panther Party uses historical references to founding principles and articles to successfully criticize the government's hypocritical behavior while also highlighting their own rights to act and protect their rights in accordance with those same founding principles. Similarly to “The 10-Point Program”, Ida B. Wells holds those in power accountable for the fraud they commit in upholding the constitution and civil rights. Both texts were created to call out the racial injustices faced by black people and share a common goal of promoting racial equality. However, Wells'