The journalist and activist Ida B. Wells investigated some of ... that came to partly obscure her legacy. Wells’s work for women’s suffrage is another key part of the book—one that’s ...

theGRIO Q&A - Ida B. Wells was one of the most prominent black journalists and newspaper editors at the time and an active member of the women’s suffrage movement ...

Wells-Barnett created a suffrage group for Black women in Chicago ... photo mosaic of anti-lynching crusader and suffragist Ida B. Wells-Barnett on the marble floor. The portrait, designed ...

Meanwhile, many suffrage leaders — such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth ... Giddings, who wrote the biography Ida: A Sword Among Lions, says that Wells knew that in order to bring change ...

Long after the Civil War ended, Ida B. Wells continued to fight for freedom. She battled segregation, wrote groundbreaking exposés, and marched for women’s suffrage. Ida B Wells in 1917.

She was also selected to represent the club at the 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., with the integrated Illinois delegation. Ida B. Wells stands prominently, near Booker T. Washington ...

When Ida B. Wells moved to Chicago at the age of 32 ... Early in the movement for women’s suffrage, Wells recognized that Black women were not taking advantage of their limited voting rights ...

The oldest of eight children, Ida B. Wells was born into slavery in Holly ... the status quo by fighting for civil rights and women's suffrage. This is an incredible opportunity to shine a light ...

Ida B. Wells once said, “The way to right wrongs ... Wells also fought for women’s suffrage.

The Commercial Appeal makes donation to Ida B. Wells statue effort in Memphis The suffrage monument, which has been in the works for five years, features six busts sculpted by Nashville artist ...

Ida B. Wells-Barnett died March 15 ... She attended political meetings, established women's suffrage organizations, continued anti-lynching activism and advocating for justice. In 1909, Wells-Barnett ...