Ida b wells

A journalist and fighter for the rights of black Americans and women, she postponed the wedding three times because of he...

Ida B. Wells receives Pulitzer Prize citation: ‘The only thing she really had was the truth’ - Chicago Tribune

Ida B. Wells was a Teacher, Educator, Journalist and Business Owner of a Media entity

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Photographs of generations of Black suffragists offer invaluable documents about their thwarted and central roles in the history of women’s rights.

Susan B. Anthony, who? Let's talk about Ida: (1) Worked as an investigative journalist exposing violent lynchings and other crimes committed against Blacks in the late 19th/early 20th centuries (2) Became a co-owner of the Memphis Free Speech Newspaper (3) Co-founded anti-lynching organizations and the NAACP (4) Campaigned for women's rights and women's suffrage for ALL women (5) "I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap."

There are many African Americans who have played a vital role in the formation of culture and history of their country, Important African American figures

Ida B wells

The author of "Hark! A Vagrant" says of Ida B Wells... "Ida! If she's not your hero, she should be. She's mine!" Here: A few strips about moments in her life. At bottom of the click: Enough links to give you a good start at understanding her lifelong awesomeness. Shoo! Go click!

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A collection of quotes and thoughts by Ida B. Wells on feminist, activist, speech, light, trap, truth, horrors, achievement, die, wrong, fighting, men, brave and moral.

"... determined, courageous and completely uncompromising..." Ida B. Wells

A history of respectability politics, from the postbellum period to today

MUSEUM HOURS By appointment Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Noon-5 p.m. Admission Information 220 North Randolph Street Holly Springs, MS 38635 662-252-3232 662-579-5747 (To schedule a tour) African American History The museum honors and celebrates the contributions of African Americans. Spires Bolling House The Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum is located… Continue reading

#ontheblog - Ida B. Wells is #BlackHistory Month, and today, Jacquelyn shines a light on Wells' life as a lesson in Black resistance. I love learning new things about figures I thought I knew inside and out, and am so glad to share this with you.