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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]
Sep 29, 2024 · 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.
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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...
May 23, 2024 · The 1892 People's Grocery murders are “what opened my eyes to what lynching really was,” Ida B. Wells later wrote. The MIT Press Reader Coppery like a penny, thick like bad molasses, even a...
Mar 8, 2018 · 1862-1931. Ida B. Wells. Took on racism in the Deep South with powerful reporting on lynchings. By CAITLIN DICKERSON. It was not all that unusual when, in 1892, a mob dragged Thomas Moss out...
Aug 2, 2018 · Death threats drove Wells from Memphis, but she was not silenced and would find her home in Chicago. By: Becky Little Updated: May 18, 2023 | Original: August 2, 2018
- Becky Little
Ida Wells was an anti-lynching crusader who used the power of journalism to raise awareness about the most extreme horrors of life under Jim Crow.
Mar 10, 2020 · Ida B. Wells was an African American civil rights leader who took advantage of the photograph’s supposed ability to tell the truth. Having been exposed to the effects of lynching photographs in newspapers, she recognized the photo’s ability to both perpetuate and destabilize racial boundaries.
