"From Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1893)"

Please read Voices of Freedom in your textbook pp. 522 & 523 "From Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1893)" and "From W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903)" and answer the following questions:

1. Whom does Wells blame for lynching?
2. In what ways does Du Bois criticize and in what ways does he seem to embrace the idea of inborn racial characteristics and abilities.
3. How do Wells and Du Bois appeal to history to bolster their claims?

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