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1. www.nytimes.com › overlooked-ida-b-wellsIda B. Wells, Who Took on Racism in the Deep South With ...

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   Mar 8, 2018 · She was a model for Andy Warhol. She battled severe mental illness. She was usually destitute and, for much of her life, effectively homeless. When she died at 46, under murky circumstances, in...

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3. www.hpherald.com › evening_digest › almost-a-centuryAlmost a century after her death, Ida B. Wells’ legacy lives on

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   Apr 1, 2024 · When Ida B. Wells was 16 years old, her parents and a younger sibling died from yellow fever, an epidemic that felled tens of thousands across post-Civil War America.

4. chicago.suntimes.com › 2021/3/25 › 22347092This week in history: Ida B. Wells dies at 62 - Chicago Sun-Times

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   Mar 25, 2021 · On March 25, 1931, civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett died in Chicago. During her career, she documented lynchings in the South, championed universal suffrage and published dozens of articles and pamphlets denouncing racism, classism and misogyny.

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   May 23, 2024 · Ida B. Wells sat firmly while the Memphis streetcar man gripped her body and tried to forcibly remove her from the first-class ladies car on a train from the Poplar Station to northern Shelby...

6. societytoday.org › gone-but-not-forgotten-ida-b-wellsGone But Not Forgotten: Ida B. Wells - Society Today

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   Mar 25, 2024 · On the date of Ida B. Wells's death in 1931, we honor this extraordinary woman and her work against racism, sexism, and injustice.

7. www.chicagotribune.com › 2003/05/28 › familyFamily, admirers keep Ida B. Wells’ legacy alive – Chicago ...

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   May 28, 2003 · UPDATED: August 21, 2021 at 5:57 AM CDT. Growing up in the small north Mississippi town of Holly Springs, Leona Harris and her contemporaries had never heard the name of the town’s most...

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   When did Ida Wells-Barnett die?

   • On March 25, 1931, civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett died in Chicago. During her career, she documented lynchings in the South, championed universal suffrage and published dozens of articles and pamphlets denouncing racism, classism and misogyny.

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   Who was Ida B Wells?

   • Chicago Daily News reporter Frank L. Hayes gave the famed civil rights activist and journalist a proper obituary. When the South became too dangerous for her, Ida B. Wells headed to Chicago and continued her crusade. As published in the Chicago Daily News, sister publication of the Chicago Sun-Times:

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   Why did Ida B Wells go to Chicago?

   • When the South became too dangerous for her, Ida B. Wells headed to Chicago and continued her crusade. As published in the Chicago Daily News, sister publication of the Chicago Sun-Times: On March 25, 1931, civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett died in Chicago.

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   Who was Elizabeth Wells-Barnett?

   • Hayes cited Wells-Barnett as “one of the early advocates of racial equality,” noting her long history of activism both stateside and abroad. Her passing closed a full career, he said. Born in Mississippi in 1862, Wells-Barnett moved to Memphis as an adult and worked as the editor of the Memphis Free Speech, where she reported on lynchings.

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9. www.thehumanityarchive.com › articles › ida-b-wellsIda B. Wells: The Fearless Crusader and Voice Against Lynching

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   May 11, 2023 · Ida B. Wells was a tireless advocate for women's suffrage. Her commitment to gender equality was as strong as her dedication to racial justice. She consistently fought for the rights of all women to vote, using her journalistic skills and personal influence to amplify her message.