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March 25, 1931. Chicago. Oak Woods Cemetery. Ida B. Wells is an African American civil rights advocate, journalist, and feminist. She is an American Hero. View a short video about her work to guarantee access to the vote. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862. She was the oldest daughter of James and Lizzie Wells. During ...
Ida B. Wells. Ida B. Wells, married name Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, (born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.—died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Illinois), African American journalist who led an antilynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African Americans. Ida B. Wells.
8 de mar. de 2018 · Ida B. Wells was born into slavery on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi as the oldest of eight children. Her father, James, was a carpenter and her mother, Elizabeth, was a famous cook. Once slavery ended, Ida attended Shaw University (now Rust College) along with her mother who attended school long enough to learn how to read the Bible.
Si algo había en el cuerpo de Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (Misisipi, 1862 - Chicago, 1931), periodista negra, luchadora contra el racismo y activista del sufragismo en la expansión del voto de las mujeres, no era precisamente miedo. Ida B. Wells. Ida nació en el seno de una familia humilde de esclavos. Su padre, carpintero y su madre, cocinera ...
9 de nov. de 2020 · Ida B. Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862–March 25, 1931), known for much of her public career as Ida B. Wells, was an anti-lynching activist, a muckraking journalist, a lecturer, an activist for racial justice, and a suffragette. She wrote about racial justice issues for Memphis newspapers as a reporter and newspaper owner, as well as other ...
Ida B. Wells was not yet three when the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished, so she had no personal memory of being enslaved. But she heard her parents’ stories and saw the scars on her mother’s back from beatings she had suffered. Slavery was a stark reality for Ida, but her own childhood was spent in, and shaped by, Reconstruction.
For her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching. The citation comes with a bequest by the Pulitzer Prize Board of at least $50,000 in support of her mission. The grant was given to the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting (co-founded by 2020 Commentary winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ron Nixon, 2022 ...
