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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Ida-B-Wells-BarnettIda B. Wells-Barnett | Biography, Lynching, & Facts | Britannica

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   Sep 29, 2024 · Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an American journalist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African Americans and founded (1910) what was possibly the first Black women’s suffrage group, Chicago’s Alpha Suffrage Club.

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   • Ida Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, 1862.
   • Ida B. Wells-Barnett first grew to prominence by leading a campaign against lynching, first by writing newspaper columns but later through deliveri...
   • Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a journalist by trade but also spent a lot of her time and energy organizing and participating in various civil rights cam...
   • Among Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s achievements were the publication of a detailed book about lynching entitled A Red Record (1895), the cofounding of th...

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   Apr 3, 2014 · Who Was Ida B. Wells? Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.

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   Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). [1]

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6. www.womenshistory.org › ida-b-wells-barnettIda B. Wells-Barnett | National Women's History Museum

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   Pioneering journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett battled sexism, racism, and violence, particularly working to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South. Read her story on womenshistory.org.

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   Dec 14, 2000 · This book is the first full biography of Wells, a passionate crusader for black people and women—and one who was sometimes torn by her conflicting loyalties to race and gender.

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   Jan 26, 2021 · The Queen by Michelle Duster is an extraordinary book that highlights Ida B. Wells’ life, work, and history. Ida B. Wells was born in 1862, in Mississippi and born enslaved. In 1892, Ida’s friends, Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and William Stewart were murdered in the Curve Riot.

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   Who was Ida B. Wells?

   • Ida B. Wells was a prominent and outspoken African American figure in the generation following Frederick Douglass. Known for her crusade against lynching in the 1890s, she was seriously considered as a rival to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for race leadership. To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells

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   What did Ida Wells do?

   • Ida B. Wells-Barnett (born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.—died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Illinois) was an American journalist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African Americans. Ida Wells was born into slavery.

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   What did Ida Bell Wells do in her life?

   • In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. As a skilled writer, Wells-Barnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South. Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16 th, 1862.

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   What is the Ida B Wells Association?

   • In 2007, the Ida B. Wells Association was founded by University of Memphis philosophy graduate students to promote discussion of philosophical issues arising from the African-American experience and to provide a context in which to mentor undergraduates.

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   Where was Ida Bell Wells born?

   • Ida Bell Wells was born on the Boling Farm near Holly Springs, Mississippi. [ 7 ] Born on July 16, 1862, Ida Wells was the first child of James Madison Wells (1840–1878) and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Warrenton).

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   Where is the Ida B Wells-Barnett Museum?

   • In her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi, there is an Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum named in her honor that acts as a cultural center of African-American history. [ 135 ]

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10. books.google.com › books › aboutTo Tell the Truth Freely : The Life of Ida B. Wells

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    Feb 17, 2009 · In the richly illustrated To Tell the Truth Freely, the historian Mia Bay vividly captures Wells’s legacy and life, from her childhood in Mississippi to her early career in late...