# Mob Rule In New Orleans

An audiobook by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, read by LibriVox volunteers (2 h 28 min, English).

Born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. Gathering her information from two New Orleans newspapers, Mrs. Wells-Barnett recounts in graphic detail the events of one particularly violent week in early 20th century New Orleans during which a mob "roamed the streets day and night, searching for colored men and women, whom they beat, shot and killed at will." A worse massacre was avoided, as stated by the author, because of "the determined stand for law and order taken by these great \[newspapers\] and the courageous action taken by the best citizens of New Orleans, who rallied to the support of the civic authorities." This account serves as chilling documentation of the mindless savagery of an anger- and hate-driven mob. - Summary by Holly Jenson

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## Chapters

0. Introduction (4:03): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_00_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
1. Shot an Officer (Part 1) (16:38): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_01_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
2. Shot an Officer (Part 2) (15:18): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_02_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
3. Shot an Officer (Part 3) (13:55): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_03_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
4. Death of Charles (14:04): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_04_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
5. Mob Brutality (8:35): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_05_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
6. Insolent Blacks (2:12): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_06_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
7. Shocking Brutality (3:08): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_07_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
8. Murder on the Levee (3:55): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_08_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
9. A Victim in the Market (3:37): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_09_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
10. A Gray-Haired Victim (3:10): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_10_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
11. Fun in Gretna (7:15): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_11_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
12. Brutality in New Orleans (5:16): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_12_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
13. Was Charles a Desperado? (14:27): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_13_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
14. Died in Self-Defense (13:02): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_14_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
15. Burning Human Beings Alive (11:55): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_15_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3
16. Lynching Record (7:07): https://archive.org/download/mob_rule_new_orleans_1611_librivox/mobruleinneworleans_16_wells-barnett_64kb.mp3